255 pages · Released Jun 25, 2008 · Simon and Schuster
Content report card
What's inside
Medium confidence
Violence
Mild · 1/5
LGBTQ+ themes
None · 0/5
What it offers
Educational value
None · 0/5
A note for parents
Envy is a contemporary YA drama centered on manipulation, betrayal, and obsession among high school friends. The story explores moral complexity but doesn't strongly reward ethical behavior; characters' schemes and poor choices drive the plot. Sexual content and substance use are present but not graphic, though an adult-minor relationship is a significant plot element.
Kane and Harper know what they want: Beth and Adam. And they know how to get it: Break up the shiny happy couple once and for all. Miranda thinks she knows how to hit on Kane (Mr. Unattainable). But she could take a few pointers from the all-knowing Kaia, who's seducing Mr. Powell, teacher en franÇais. And Reed? Well,...Kane and Harper know what they want: Beth and Adam. And they know how to get it: Break up the shiny happy couple once and for all. Miranda thinks she knows how to hit on Kane (Mr. Unattainable). But she could take a few pointers from the all-knowing Kaia, who's seducing Mr. Powell, teacher en franÇais. And Reed? Well, he just knows how to have a good time.... Know the feeling?
