Five girls in the Clique each face challenges during eighth grade -- from the soccer field to getting the key to the secret room at OCD from a Briarwood boy.

"Sasha is in New York City for break, just like she'd planned. What she hadn't planned was that she'd be staying with Heather Fox in her Park Avenue penthouse, and spending her time shopping, riding, and (could it be?) having a blast. Is Sasha caught in a web that only the Queen of Canterwood could weave?"--P. [4] of cover.

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.

As the holidays approach, Massie, Alicia, Dylan, Kristen, and Claire deal with budget woes, boy friends and each other in the continuing adventures of the Clique.