John Knowles’ A Separate Peace is one of classic American novels that all high school students must read. I read it once in high school and even then it seemed like the Devon School was a cover for my school, Thayer Academy. Reading it again is a refreshing reminder that books can be written about high school and the subtle changes of the hours between childhood twilight and adult dawn that is not silly, campy, crass, dumbed down, or overwritten.