Unhallowed Halls / Lili Wilkinson / Book Review
UNHALLOWED HALLS Page Whittaker doesn't need friends. That's what she's decided, now that she's on her way to Agathion College. Only the best, the brightest get a full scholarship to such an elite boarding school. And heading to Agathion is exactly the fresh start she needs. Agathion is everything Page wanted... kind of. The Scottish moors, the misty hills, the mystical standing stones: all of these things live up to (or, maybe, surpass) her expectations. And the rigorous intellectual debate is exactly what she dreamed, though it is a little light on literature (and heavy on ancient Greek texts). So what if the other kids are keeping her at a distance? That's what she asked for. But something at Agathion doesn't add up. And as Page gets drawn into a friend group against her wishes, she starts to find more and more pieces that just don't fit. Something is happening here at Agathion, something dark. Sinister. And if...