The Gifted School, by Bruce Holsinger, is a novel set in the fictional town of Crystal, Colorado. Several school districts are banding together to build a school for gifted students in grades 5 through 12. The middle school and the high school for the gifted will be in Crystal. Crystal is a town of upper middle class families surrounded by other towns that provide the food for or clean the homes of the families in Crystal. The story revolves around four women who met when their babies were taking a swimming class. The four ladies, Rose, Lauren, Samantha and Azra, remain friends even now that their children are 12 years old. The unexplained mystery of this book is why the women remain friends. The way I read it, none of them really like each other with the exception of Azra who is definitely the sanest one of the group. All four women are sure their children are gifted and deserve to be admitted to the new school. Admittance to the school is highly competitive. In a fictional town of wealthy, liberal parents, there is bound to be trouble and unethical behavior when not all kids make the cut. I enjoyed reading this story about people who thought they were good people until they weren't.
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