β Scribed by Adi Alsaid
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Central International Schoolβs annual lock-in is legendary. Bonds are made. Contests are fought. Stories are forged that will be passed down from student to student for years to come.
This yearβs lock-in begins normally enough. Then a group of students led by Marisa Cuevas stage an ecoprotest and chain themselves to the doors, vowing to keep everyone trapped inside until their list of demands is met.
Some students rally to their causeβ¦but others are aggrieved to watch their own plans fall apart.
Amira has trained all year to compete in the school decathlon on her own terms. Peejay intended to honor his brother by throwing the greatest party CIS has ever seen. Kenji was looking forward to making a splash at his improv showcase. Omar wanted to spend a little time with the boy heβs been crushing on. Celeste, adrift in a new country, was hoping to connect with someoneβanyone. And Marisa, once so certain of her goals, must now decide how far sheβll go to attain them.
Every year, lock-in night changes lives. This year, it might just change the world.
Young Adult Contemporary
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