It girl novels (Cecily von Ziegesar)

A gorgeous brother-and-sister pair is taking Waverly by storm, and the campus is abuzz with fresh gossip and even fresher crushes. But while the girls are drooling over the new it-guy, they'd better watch their backs--because his sister is going to give them a run for their money.

Popular Gossip Girl character Jenny Humphrey is making a splash at Waverly Academy, an elite boarding school in New York horse country where glamorous rich kids don't let the rules get in the way of an excellent time. It's less than a semester into school, but Jenny's already become notorious, just like Tinsley Carmichael - who won't give up her Waverly "it girl" crown without a fight.

Elite Waverly Academy's standards of conduct are strained when Callie and Tinsley recruit a prospective student who is visiting campus to spy for them, in order to implicate Jenny as the arsonist who burned down an antique barn at the Miller farm.

During Thanksgiving break, Waverly students experience changes in their relationships with one another and with new acquaintances as most travel home, but Tinsley and Callie, still upset about Easy's expulsion, join Jennifer in New York City.

As the Waverly Academy students embark on four weeks of independent projects, new students Isaac and Isla Dresden set the social scene on fire as rumors circulate, crushes bloom, and dramas unfold within the walls of the school.