In the tradition of Prep and Election, Hummingbirds reveals the intertwining—and darkly surprising—relationships between the teachers and students at an all-girls prep school“Hummingbirds is a sly, charming novel about the students at a Manhattan girls’ school and the adults who sometimes remember to teach them. Those of us who love Muriel Spark’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie will now have to make room next to it on our shelves for Joshua Gaylord’s winning debut.”— Brock Clarke, author of An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England