Cindy meets Meri in college, and Meri teaches Cindy that she, too, can be perfect.

Cindy's life is transformed when she arrives at college and is invited to join a sorority, but when Meri, one of its most popular sisters, becomes jealous of her bad things soon start happening for the new-and-improved Cindy.

"Rule #66: During Pledge Week, pledges are required to wear a fresh white carnation at all times. The slightest evidence of pink in the carnation will result in points subtracted. Carnations must be purchased daily. If even minor wilting is in evidence as the day progresses, the pledge is strongly advised to replace it immediately." Cindy Baxby, loser extraordinaire, is determined to fight her way into Alpha Beta Delta, her mother's old sorority. Amazingly she survives the demanding and extensive initiation rituals, and is thrilled to feel part of such an exclusive gang. But slowly she discovers that Meri Sugarman, the current president, is rather a strange cookie; bent on controlling not only the sorority house, but also the college, the town, and as far as her surveillance tapes will reach. Something is very, very wrong. Cindy risks her newfound popularity to do the impossible: bring Meri down.

After Cindy fails to end Meri's reign of terror for the Alpha Beta Delta sorority, she stumbles upon Meri's secret diary and finally figures out how to use Meri's conniving tactics against her.

Money Talks. Secrets Walk. Jasmine Green is the daughter of a major Hollywood studio head. She lives the kind of life that makes people salivate (while hating her): bottomless bank account, vintage car, mansion, and birthday parties that end up splashed across the pages of People magazine. But even fabulously wealthy girls (and their family and friends) have skeletons in their walk-in closets. Just to clear her head, Jasmine anonymously writes a thinly veiled exposè about her life in the form of a screenplay. But when the script is bought by her own father's studio, suddenly this juicy read is the talk of the town, and on the fast track to being green-lit. Jasmine knows she has to do whatever it takes to stop her family's dirty laundry from becoming the next box-office smash. But she's up against one persistent tabloid reporter who's making it very, very difficult to keep her secrets....

At the request of her many fans, Patty Campbell, editor of the Scarecrow Studies in Young Adult Literature series, has selected some of her best essays, articles, columns, and speeches in Campbell's Scoop. These pieces define the boundaries between children's and adult literature and review the trends, censorship, problems, and glories of the genre. Other essays reflect on some concerns and interests of young adult literature as it has matured: the verse novel, ambivalent endings, violence, the sometimes dubious value of awards and honor lists, the graphic novel, and the difficulties of the genre's recent overwhelming success. A section titled "Inside ALA" looks at the author's many years of service to that organization with, among other pieces, a firsthand look at the Best Books committee at work and a report of her attempt to unite booksellers and librarians in common cause. Many of these selections show the idiosyncratic wit and passion that have made Campbell's column a favorite with Horn Book readers: an exploration of the meaning of the glut of YA novels with death as a theme or character; an indignant denunciation of the fictional abuse of animals; a snarky analysis of "chick lit;" and a technical review from the belly-dancing critic of a YA novel featuring that ancient art. On a more serious note, Campbell pleads for what she calls "Godsearch" in books for teens and pays tribute to her late friend Robert Cormier. Without question, the essays in Campbell's Scoop provide readers with the unique insights of an advocate who is passionate about young adult literature and its future.

With Meri out of Alpha Beta Kappa, Cindy Bixby takes hold of the reins and tries to turn around the sorority's rep, but when Meri turns up doing community service, she plans her revenge with vengeance. Original.