It’s1955andfourteen-year-oldEmilyWinter’spromisingstartatBromley,aposh,academically-challengingManhattangirls’school,threatenstoturnsourwhenhernewfriendPhoebeBarrettjoinsananti-SemiticclubfoundedbythepopularandsnobbyCressidaWhitcroft.ButhowcanEmilystayangrywithPhoebe,whosharesEmily’sfascinationwithknightsandtheMiddleAges,whenPhoebehasputherselfonadangerouslystringentdietandissinkingintoanever-deeperobsessionwithlosingweight?Inastoryaboutthesearchforidentityandthetriumphoffriendshipoverbigotry,EmilydiscoversaknackforleadershipasshecopeswithPhoebe’ssnubs,anewbornbrother,aknow-it-allclassmateaddictedtotrue-lovemagazines,awhizkidwhothinkshe’sJamesDean,afifteen-year-oldfencerwithanintriguingscar,andasurpriseassignmentthatbringseveryonetogether.WilltheBromleygirlsriseabovetheirprejudice?WillEmilyandPhoebebebestfriendsagain?
