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The Smartest

(2026)
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Twelve-year-old Lydia Panther has never been the brightest girl in the room. Then a falling tree branch changes everything.

Enrolled on a scholarship at Bankstown Academy for Girls — the most elite school in the state — Lydia finds herself competing against girls who have been groomed for greatness since birth. But her place among them rests on a secret.

And when a classmate threatens to expose her, Lydia discovers something far more frightening than being found out.


The Smartest is a razor-sharp psychological thriller about ambition, obsession, and how far one girl will go to stay on top.


Genre: Mystery

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