Code of Conduct

When seventeen-year-old Ethan Whitley leaves his home in California for Berkley Academy, a prestigious Massachusetts prep school, he�s a blank slate, a shy follower of rules in search of himself. Ethan is given the chance to start over when he is hand-picked by his wealthy, disaffected classmate, Todd Eldon, and a seductive, enigmatic teacher, Hannah McClellan, a free spirit for whom rules were meant to be broken. Life with Todd and Hannah is a revelation, an invitation to a world of privilege and desire - trips to a glittering, gritty New York City with its Fifth Avenue penthouses and artists� lofts; clandestine encounters in the graveyard near Berkley�s wooded campus; and private meetings at Hannah�s secluded house where they can drink wine and read Rimbaud, testing their limits and temptation in equal measure. Looming over these heady evenings is the disturbing mystery of Hannah�s fragmented past, one that Ethan longs desperately to understand. As secrets are revealed, Ethan is pulled deep into the undertow of Hannah�s history and Todd�s longings. He learns that every deceit has a price, every lie an ugly truth, and that those he has come to trust are people he doesn�t know at all. The most dangerous stories of all, though, may be the ones he has told himself.