简介：PisayrelatesthestoriesofeightPhilippineScienceHighSchool(PSHS)studentsduringthevolatile1980swhenthePhilippineswasinitsgreatestmomentinhistory–astheMarcosDictatorshipisoustedbythe1986PeoplePowerRevolutiontoCoryAquino’sNewGovernment.Itisthecoming-of-agetaleinatimefilledwithexcitement,conflictandchange. PisayrevolvesaroundthelivesofRom,sonofafishvendorandanoverseascontractworker;Wena,daughterofthelandowningLedesmas;Mat,thepudgy,amorousprovincialchampionwhohastroubleinMath;friendlyMinggoy,whoalwaysseemstogethimselfinvolvedwitheverything;Liway,daughterofanti-dictatorshipactivists;Andy,thelistlesscadetmilitarytrainee;Daki,thesciencegenius;andEuri,theboywithartisticflairtrappedinaSciencehighschool. TheywerepartofthetoptwohundredstudentsfromalloverthePhilippineswhopassedtheexaminationforadmissiontoPSHS,whichwascreatedforthepurposeofgivinganeducationenrichedintheSciencestoexceptionallygiftedFilipinochildren.“Pisay”isthenicknamegivenbythestudentstotheirschool;anabbreviationofPhilippineScienceorPhilSci.Selectedfromthebestandbrightestfromthispoorcountry,theyendurecollege-levelcoursesinbiology,chemistry,mathematics,andphysics.Theirstoriesarewovenaroundthefouryearsofhighschool,andintotheScienceandMathcoursestheyundergo–veritablythemostadvancedcurriculuminthecountryatthetime–andtheirrelationshipswitheachother,theirteachers,andultimately,theschoolanditssocialmilieu.…