Kameo is the 4.0 gold standard.To the teachers, he’s the perfect student. To his peers, he’s the guy who never breaks. But behind the clinical focus and the top-tier grades, the pressure to stay at the top is starting to feel like a cage.​Jackson is the only one who doesn't buy the act.With a 3.5 GPA, a talent for the piano that makes people stop in the halls, and a competitive streak in the pool, Jackson moves through Hawthorne on his own terms. He’s smart, he’s gifted, and he’s bored of everyone playing it safe.​When the administration forces them into a partnership for Extra Credit, the "Perfect Student" meets his match.​Kameo wants to follow the syllabus.Jackson wants to rewrite it.​In a school where everyone is fighting to be the best, they’re about to find out that the most important lessons aren't in the textbooks—and that the only person who can truly keep up with you might be the one you least expected