Rising Class: How Three First-Generation College Students Conquered Their First Year -- Jennifer Miller, Hardcover

This eye-opening YA narrative nonfiction follows three first-generation college students as they navigate their first year--and ultimately a global pandemic.

Making it through the first year of college is tough. What makes it even tougher is being the first in your family to do so. Who can you turn to when you need advice?

Rising Class follows three first-generation freshmen, Briani, Conner, and Jacklynn, as they not only experience their first semester of college, but the COVID-19 pandemic that turned their Spring semester upside down. From life in the ivy league to classes at a community college, this nonfiction book follows these students' challenges, successes, and dreams as they tackle their first year of college and juggle responsibilities to their families back home.

Eye-opening and poignant, Jennifer Miller writes a narrative nonfiction story that speaks to new beginnings, coming of age, and perseverance.

Author: Jennifer Miller
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Published: 03/28/2023
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.35h x 5.43w x 1.34d
ISBN: 9780374313579
Age Range: 12-18

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2023
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2023
Publishers Weekly 02/06/2023
Booklist 02/15/2023 pg. 47

About the Author
Jennifer Miller is an author and journalist. Her debut novel, The Year of the Gadfly, was called "entirely addictive" (Glamour) and a "darkly comic romp" (The Washington Post). She writes frequently for The New York Times and The Washington Post Magazine. She lives with her family in Brooklyn.