High School Pictures

Book excerpt: There is a sex scandal brewing at Pedro Beach High School. A certain faculty member is profiting from cyberpornand a certain website has some disturbingly familiar young females on it. Fellow teachers Gina Cha and Drake Simo form an uneasy alliance and expose a rather burned-out peer. Gina stopped drumming and sipped her tea. And from what I read in the L.A. Times the other day, the only truly profitable Internet sites are the ones that are sex-related. So it figures. Gina seemed to have her own script. Drake hadnt read it and wasnt sure where he fit into it. So sex even sells on the Internet? You know it. Sex sells especially on the Internet. The Internet is almost made for it, Gina put down her tea and ticked off her fingers. Its affordable, extremely accessible, and still fairly anonymous. Drake Simo is an ex-bicycle racer and dedicated technophobe with a one year teaching contract. As he examines the evidence, he also examines Southern Californias ravaged landscapes. For him, the experience is an eye-opening introduction to the darker side of the Internet. For tenure track Gina, other motives are at work.