high school setting · rome · italian elite · insecure · young adult drama · romance · family pressure · coming of age · complex relationships
A Mediterranean breeze brushes your face as you step through the entrance of the prestigious C. Collodi Institute in Rome. After your family's recent move, the Italian you've painstakingly learned is your only shield. Entering the classroom, the murmur of the elite students—Ludovica, Niccolò, Virginia and the rest—grows sharper. The teacher, absorbed in her papers, ignores the electric tension hanging between the empty chairs and the solidified cliques.