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This was a very nice, clean coming of age book. It talks about first love, peer pressure, and six girls getting along. I enjoyed it very much. ( )

DJ is in high school and jsut trying to fit in. Her recent loss of her mother has made her father move her into her grandmothers house. Here her grandmother has started a house to hold girls that she wishes to transform in to debutantes. With already having trouble fitting in being forced to live with already beautiful and popular girls is just going to make DJ's life that much harder. You watch as she adjusts to living with these 5 new girls who're just as different from her as they are from each other. They have many differences and many similarities.

The book is light and an easy read. The characters are very believable and anyone who went ot high school anywhere can relate to one or more of them. I liked the flow of the book because it really gave you a chance in this first one to get to know the characters. My only problem is that when it came to DJ being really upset and her christian friend Rhiannon came to talk to her it was like she magically became a christian herself. It wasn't too forced but it did seem to be thrown in there like the scene was created for just that purpose and didn't really evolve well. Still it is a good read and has some great morals and lessons to teach girls who are still in school. ( )

DJ is in high school and jsut trying to fit in. Her recent loss of her mother has made her father move her into her grandmothers house. Here her grandmother has started a house to hold girls that she wishes to transform in to debutantes. With already having trouble fitting in being forced to live with already beautiful and popular girls is just going to make DJ's life that much harder. You watch as she adjusts to living with these 5 new girls who're just as different from her as they are from each other. They have many differences and many similarities.

The book is light and an easy read. The characters are very believable and anyone who went ot high school anywhere can relate to one or more of them. I liked the flow of the book because it really gave you a chance in this first one to get to know the characters. My only problem is that when it came to DJ being really upset and her christian friend Rhiannon came to talk to her it was like she magically became a christian herself. It wasn't too forced but it did seem to be thrown in there like the scene was created for just that purpose and didn't really evolve well. Still it is a good read and has some great morals and lessons to teach girls who are still in school. ( )

When I first started this book, I was not too sure of how I would like it. But then as I left it and went to do some other things, I realized that I kept thinking about the story, and could not get it out of my head! This is the first, I think, of Melody Carlson that I've been able to read.. meaning get my hands on. It is a great little story that should be read by all mid-high school girls. It is so real to life and it does meet up with every type of girl. You can see yourself and remember your painful history within each individual girl. I was shocked when it ended, because it is one of those wonderful books that has previews of the sequel in the back, so I had though there was much more. But it was really a great story! ( )