Rated Insects ” —Jessica Spotswood

” —Jessica Spotswood

Assuring safety and good supervision

lord of a country called Opium—a strip of poppy fields lying between the United States and what was once called Mexico

"Peek-a-squeak

'The Wizard and the Hopping Pot' and 'Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump' complete the collection

Rated Insects ” —Jessica SpotswoodSocieties thrive on order, and the Rating System is the ultimate symbol of organized social mobility. The higher it soars, the more valued you are. The lower it plummets, the harder you must work to improve yourself. For the students at the prestigious Maplethorpe Academy, every single thing they do is reflected in their ratings, updated daily and available for all to see. But when an act of vandalism sullies the front doors of the school, it sets off