Synopsis: The Building of Facades

The world is built on facades, masks that people construct and wear out of fear, confusion, ambition, and all the other emotions that exist but cannot be identified. Some people don’t realize they wear the masks; others carefully build upon their new identity.

Regan Barnes. Aubrey Tomlin. Basia Nowaki. Tyler Blackburne. Marc Nazarov. Konrad Reschke. Judson Cotterill. Elvira Coello. Elise Lishman. David Rossett.

Ten students compile the eighth grade class of Striver Academy, a school for the gifted. A school for the “crazy”, Judson calls it. A school of people who depend on their facades. Everyone knows what lies beneath the masks, but no one peels off the false image. There is a simple reason for that; there is a rule.

Never attack a façade. Never uncover the real person. Even if you know what is underneath, respect their privacy.

Striver is a place where mind games are the way of survival. They know others have found their facades; they know what is under others’. But everyone obeys the rule.

Until Joel Onslow arrives.

Joel notices the masks. Joel learns the rules of the society. Joel decides to break the rules, and suddenly one girl is left without a safety net.

When you believe all you can do is fall, but discover you have already hit the bottom, there is only one choice. The one you choose.