The Prom Queen of Monte Cristo

Michelle Dantes is on the verge of starting high school, and she's already at a disadvantage: she's the new girl at Monte Cristo Academy, the most prestigious private high school in the world, and she doesn't know a soul. Having already lost her mother to a painful divorce, she and her dad are doing the best they can to start over in a new community on the California coast. Any chance of a happy first year of high school is shattered when Michelle meets Sarah Mondego, the most beautiful and popular girl at Monte Cristo, and also the most mean-spirited. Michelle becomes Sarah's new favorite target for her infamous pranks, and what began as a difficult transition at a new school for Michelle suddenly takes a disastrous turn. Michelle tries to escape the madness by signing up for Monte Cristo's new short-term study abroad program, but her worst fears are realized when Sarah signs up too. And when Sarah's pranks go too far during an extravagant trip to Southeast Asia, Michelle finds herself in a life-threatening crisis -- a nightmare of horrifying proportions -- that will force Michelle to take extreme measures to survive. From the bowels of a Burmese prison to the mountaintops of Bhutanese monasteries, Michelle crafts a plan that goes far beyond mere survival. She crafts a complex, breathtaking plan of revenge that no one will see coming -- especially Sarah Mondego. Inspired by the classic novel THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO by Alexandre Dumas, THE PROM QUEEN OF MONTE CRISTO tells a dramatic story of revenge that spans the globe from Rome and Southeast Asia to Mexico and the California coast.'