{"product_id":"the-district-hardcover","title":"The District - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmy Ahlert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHadley Henning, \u003c\/strong\u003e a single mother, has one goal. She wants her seven-year-old son to have the best education. It's financially illogical but her determination and cunning land her in the best school district in the country, Windsor Meadow. Unfortunately, her son's academic performance isn't up to its preternaturally high standards. Starting with the school psychologist, \u003cstrong\u003eHadley\u003c\/strong\u003e is pressured into having her son diagnosed at the \u003cstrong\u003eSPA\u003c\/strong\u003e, a facility that services every family in the district all of whom are taking a medication for a newly named condition: \u003cstrong\u003eSporadic Perceptive Acuity, or SPA. \u003c\/strong\u003eAn inventive way for big pharma to reintroduce a med that made a ton of money for an over diagnosed psychiatric disorder. Its patent, about to expire, could be renewed if it is tweaked and prescribed for this new condition, guaranteeing a financial windfall for all involved. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHadley\u003c\/strong\u003e will not let her son take a drug based on answering a questionnaire. Power players in the district conspire to either have her son take the meds, transfer to a special school or become a ward of the state giving them the power to rule on his behalf. Other parents are afraid their real estate values will suffer if\u003cstrong\u003e Hadley's\u003c\/strong\u003e son's grade point average brings everyone else's down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoms befriend her for a short while to ferret out her weak spots, then turn on her in classic mean girl style. The educators and SPA director meet regularly to figure out a course of action. Even the head of the Pharmaceutical company that makes the medication is part of this conspiracy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHadley\u003c\/strong\u003e is ostracized. Videos of her and her son, edited to make them both look bad, go viral. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis gets the attention of a local TV station. A reporter finds \u003cstrong\u003eHadley\u003c\/strong\u003e to be totally sympathetic and helps her in gaining information about several of the key players. In the end \u003cstrong\u003eHadley \u003c\/strong\u003ediscovers a connection among all of them. She uses this to turn the tables on them and expose their unlawful behavior. It is a pyrrhic victory at best. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 414\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50619518091512,"sku":"9798991911931","price":30.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/Po-tE-xCdC9798991911931.webp?v=1790207625","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/the-district-hardcover","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}