Beatrice is so well-known for never making a mistake that she is greeted each morning by fans and reporters, but a near-error on the day of the school talent show could change everything.
Northern Nevada teenagers Cara, Kendra, Sean, and Andre tell in their own voices of their very different paths toward perfection and how their goals change when tragedy strikes.
Perfectionistic Jerzey desperately wants to be a good ballet dancer like her sisters, but her efforts to learn are repeatedly thwarted, until she finds help in an unexpected place.
Practically-perfect twelve-year-old Victoria Wright must lie, sneak, and break the rules when her investigation of the disappearance of her best--and only--friend, Lawrence, reveals dark secrets about her town and the orphanage run by the reclusive Mrs. Cavendish.
Tandy Angel is, along with her brothers, a suspect in their parents' murder but having grown up under Malcolm and Maud Angel's perfectionist demands, Tandy decides she must clear the family name no matter what.
Describes careers that require extensive attention to details, such as lawyers, architects, writers, and editors, and describes the tools, working conditions, outlook, training, qualifications, and salaries for each profession.
