Overview
When a late-night group chat pushes a private secret into the feed, junior Nova Reed doesn't want to join the whisper network-she wants a way out. Enter the Student Digital Ethics Board: part help desk, part newsroom, zero vigilantes. Their rules are simple: privacy isn't secrecy, screenshots aren't justice, and "Not today" is a sentence. With counselors and one stubborn school resource officer at their side, Nova and her friends build a process for harm reports: map exits, route to adults, update with receipts-not posts.But anonymous accounts keep escalating, a surveillance app promises "safety," and friendships tangle with accountability. As the clock keeps circling back to 3:17 A.M., Nova has to decide what to publish, what to hold, and where apology ends and repair begins.Fast, propulsive, and grounded in real resources, Group Chat at 3:17 A.M. asks a timely question with small, human stakes: in a world that mistakes monitoring for care...what does good actually look like?Quiet Hours #1 - Contemporary YA - friendship under pressure - online harm & accountability - hopeful, systems-savvy
- | Author: Aria Vale
- | Publisher: Independently Published
- | Publication Date: Aug 18, 2025
- | Number of Pages: 370 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-13: 9798298714235
