You know it already: Kindergarten Admissions in New York City are a frightening mess. Lotteries are the norm for all schools and parents aren't even guaranteed a spot at their locally zoned school. In The Kindergarten Shuffle, Julia faces the prospect of a failing local school. From private school, home schooling, gifted and talented, and public school lotteries, she quickly overwhelmed. Julia discovers that school choice is really a euphemism for school chance and her options quickly winnow to a very scary number: zero.