Every Student has a Secret

In this slow-burn mystery, Safia finds herself in a school with a history covered in secrets, whose students are plucked from different facets of life. Each one with their own reasons for being there. A novel that will catapult you, along with the protagonist, from a simple waitress at her family's Cuban African-American diner, to a very secret school. Here, the students are groomed for a purpose that isn't exactly clear.
Determined to survive and not fall victim to its games, Safia must try to navigate the school's crazy rule system and keep her points high enough to survive or risk servitude to the same students that stand beside her. Along her journey, she will make friends and enemies. But in a school where trust is limited and friends are never who they say they are, how will she survive this high-risk environment? Welcome to Apex Academy.