In the model community of Candor, Florida, every teen wants to be like Oscar Banks. The son of the town's founder, Oscar earns straight A's, is student-body president and is in demand for every club and cause. But Oscar has a secret. He knows that his parents bring their teens to Candor to make them respectful, compliant - perfect - through subliminal Messages that carefully correct and control their behaviour. Oscar has built a business sabotaging his father's scheme with Messages of his own, getting his clients out of town before they're turned. After all, who would ever suspect the perfect Oscar Banks? Then he meets Nia, the girl he can't stand to see changed. Saving Nia means losing her forever. But keeping her in Candor, Oscar risks exposure ... and more See also http://www.candorfl.com "Bachorz delivers a dystopian novel...giving the genre a fresh twist";"The novel offers a dark twist on society's expectations of teens...It's an incredible first novel" Publishers Weekly