Having decided to give up their "boy fast," the Pretty Committee finds itself at odds with the members of the Witty Committee over the new cheerleading squad and crushes on Derrington and Dempsey.

After a week of drama-filled days at the exclusive, fiercely-competitive Alpha Academy, Skye, Allie, and Charlie learn that someone has been keeping a huge secret from them.

Friendships are tested when Alicia, a seventh grader at Octavian Country Day School, decides to break away from the exclusive clique led by her best friend to start her own group.

At the elite Alpha Academy, where every girl is used to being the best, Charlie's efforts to encourage Allie and Darwin's romance backfire, while Skye finds it increasingly difficult to focus on dance.

After surviving their first friendship hurdle, Fonda, Drew, and Ruthie are stronger than ever and ready to face all the hard seventh-grade stuff together. Or so they think... Fonda has a cool idea for the annual class trip. But Henry and Ava have ideas of their own. Will Fonda's first chance to make a name for herself end before it even begins? Drew still like-likes Will, but when he sides with Henry, will Drew's loyalty to Fonda mean crushing her...

"Seventh graders Fonda, Drew, and Ruthie develop a friendship strong enough to tackle whatever middle school--and puberty--throws at them next"--Title verso page.