Seventeen-year-old Kelly gets into an exclusive summer program in Italy with a little help from a friend, but she almost ruins everything when she becomes involved with a bad-news guy, and must work hard to prove herself after being given the gift of a second chance.
Katla's hopes of dodging unfinished business during her senior year are dashed by the arrival of two "Icelandic exchange students," Marik and Jinky, who have come to collect Katla's frail baby sister and take her to the water queen.
Kelsi falls for Jean-Claude, the new foreign exchange student at East High, and must find a way to overcome her shyness and find a way to outwit Sharpay if she wants to win his attention.
Pygmy--a young adult from a totalitarian state, disguised as an exchange student--plans a terrorist attack and depicts U.S. Midwestern life through the eyes of a hateful, indoctrinated killer, in this satire of American xenophobia.
