Contains Cameron Tuttle's novel "Paisley Hanover Acts Out, " in which sophomore Paisley begins to write a gossip column for the school paper under the pseudonym "Miss Unpleasant, " in order to disrupt the social hierarchy of her school; and includes "Paisley's Notbook.".
Friendships are tested when Alicia, a seventh grader at Octavian Country Day School, decides to break away from the exclusive clique led by her best friend to start her own group.
When hard-boiled, seventeen-year-old private investigator Dalton Rev transfers to Salt River High to solve the case of a dead student, he has his hands full trying to outwit the police, negotiate the school's social hierarchy, and get paid.
Now that the Pretty Committee is no longer boycotting boys, the eighth-grade friends cannot decide who has a crush on whom, putting the Clique in jeopardy again.
While on a seventh-grade school trip, Claire attempts to mend her relationship with Cam while Massie seeks to maintain her high social standing and receive her first kiss.
After being expelled from Octavian Country Day, Massie Block and friends travel to Hollywood where they audition for a movie and learn about celebrity lifestyles, while Dylan and Kristen stay in Westchester dieting and flirting with the Briarwood boys.
After the Pretty Committee falls apart, Massie forms a new clique, but competition from cliques at a rival school leave Claire stuck in the middle as she is forced to declare her loyalty and chose sides.
Having decided to give up their "boy fast," the Pretty Committee finds itself at odds with the members of the Witty Committee over the new cheerleading squad and crushes on Derrington and Dempsey.
