Twelfth Grade Hopes and Fears

Four friends enter their fourth and final year of high school in the fourth and final installment of the "American High School" series. They have survived abusive partners, drinking parties, eating disorders, social ostracism, ethnic slurs, star-crossed romances, and even the deaths and divorces of parents - all the challenges that can make the teen years turbulent and painful. But they have also learned to cope. They have passed the dreaded standardized tests, gotten in a few AP courses, gone to prom, fallen in and out of love, worked summers, learned to drive. They have visited college campuses and begun to apply for--and receive--scholarship decisions. Their last year is flying past, and their feelings are in a whirl. They can't wait to leave--but they dread the thought of losing each other.