Ana Dominguez was happy with her life in San Jose. Everything changed for her when her father moved the family to Half Moon Bay, California, to open his own law practice. She switched to a new high school, where classmates were not as welcoming as she had hoped, and even some of the teachers are sort of odd compared to those at her old school.
Settling In
While her parents think she's settling into her new school nicely, Ana faces her problems silently. Riley, the most popular girl in school, has alienated Ana after being falsely accused of cheating on a math test. Tyler, the boy Ana has a crush on, doesn't even know she exists, despite the fact that they belong to the same youth group at church and have classes together.
Meanwhile, her mother is occupied with building her own social network and her father is working all hours at his new firm, so Ana has no one to turn to but the housekeeper, whom she has grown up with and is like a mother to her.
One Life Changing Day
But one day, when Ana end up in detention with Riley, her life changes. She is put in a group with Riley, Christine, and Zoe to each write an essay, “The Day My Life Changed.” The girls learn that they have more in common than what’s on the surface, and Ana and Christine become fast friends.
Group of Four
Ana and Christine, a pink haired girl who would rather be in detention each day than have to go home to face her step mother and pre-teen step sister, soon invite Zoe, a radical girl with hippie parents, into their group. The three make a good team, each bringing her own unique experiences and ideas into the group. Things are going well, except that Zoe is determined to bring Riley into the group. Christine and Ana resist, until one day when Ana sees another side to the most popular girl in high school and changes her mind.
About Anne Dayton and May Vanderbilt
Anne Dayton graduated from Princeton and has her Master’s degree in Literature from New York University. She lives in New York City.
May Vanderbilt graduated from Baylor University and has a Master’s degree in Fiction from Johns Hopkins. She lives in San Francisco.
Together, the two women are the authors of Emily Ever After, Consider Lily, and The Book of Jane.
Dayton, Anne and Vanderbilt, May
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