For two years, the author shared the life of the "Weston School," an elite New England boarding school. Vividly describing the pastoral landscape and graceful buildings, the variety of classes and activities, and the official and unofficial rules that define the school, this book reveals a small world of ambitious, intensely pressured students.

For two years, the author shared the life of what he calls the "Weston School," an elite New England boarding school. Through it all, he developed a nuanced portrait of how these students make sense of their extraordinary good fortune in attending the school.