Caseham High is a landscape defined by its social hierarchies and the long shadows of past transgressions. For Eve, a math teacher who prides herself on precision and routine, her life with her husband Nate—a beloved English teacher at the same school—represents a carefully constructed fortress of stability. However, the equilibrium of their small-town academic life is perpetually threatened by the lingering fallout of a previous year’s scandal involving a student and a teacher, an event that has left the faculty and student body in a state of hyper-vigilance and suppressed suspicion.

At the center of this cultural friction is Addie, a student who has become a pariah within the school’s walls. Ostracized by her peers and viewed with profound distrust by the staff, Addie is a figure define...

Caseham High is a landscape defined by its social hierarchies and the long shadows of past transgressions. For Eve, a math teacher who prides herself on precision and routine, her life with her husband Nate—a beloved English teacher at the same school—represents a carefully constructed fortress of stability. However, the equilibrium of their small-town academic life is perpetually threatened by the lingering fallout of a previous year’s scandal involving a student and a teacher, an event that has left the faculty and student body in a state of hyper-vigilance and suppressed suspicion.

At the center of this cultural friction is Addie, a student who has become a pariah within the school’s walls. Ostracized by her peers and viewed with profound distrust by the staff, Addie is a figure define...