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Tradition, Honor, Excellence...and secrets so dark they're almost invisible

Fifteen-year-old Reed Brennan wins a scholarship to Easton Academy -- the golden ticket away from her pill-popping mother and run-of-the-mill suburban life. But when she arrives on the beautiful, tradition-steeped campus of Easton, everyone is just a bit more sophisticated, a bit more gorgeous, and a lot wealthier than she ever thought possible. Reed realizes that even though she has been accepted to Easton, Easton has not accepted her. She feels like she's on the outside, looking in.

Until she meets the Billings Girls.

They are the most beautiful, intelligent, and intensely confident girls on campus. And they know it. They hold all the power in a world where power is fleeting but means everything. Reed vows to do whatever it takes to be accepted into their inner circle.

Reed uses every part of herself -- the good, the bad, the beautiful -- to get closer to the Billings Girls. She quickly discovers that inside their secret parties and mountains of attitude, hanging in their designer clothing-packed closets the Billings Girls have skeletons. And they'll do anything to keep their secrets private.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 07/01/2006
ISBN: 9781416918738
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 8.22h x 5.43w x 0.66d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/24/2006 pg. 59
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2006 pg. 241 - Recommended - Readable
School Library Journal 08/01/2006 pg. 116

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 107707 / Private
Reading Level: 4.6 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 7