Publisher's Synopsis
The last year of school is the hardest. Grace wants to get into law; her boyfriend Kurt has no idea what he wants; Sophie wants Ben -- beautiful, mysterious Ben -- but what does Ben want? For their teachers, Angela and Frank, the year is just as tough -- both in and out of school. "Grinders" explores the lives of these people over the eleven months of a school year. Tensions flare and friendships strain under the onslaught of exams, peer group pressures, staffroom politics and the need for companionship -- or more. An always, not far off, hovers the spectre of danger. Schools are a messy mix of detention centre and constant carnival, but come December everyone has grown a little wiser.
