by Cathy Cassidy

Gin­ger is in a deep pool of puppy fat and pig­tails which she trades in for make-up and hair straight­en­ers when she meets Shan­non, her new (and first) best friend. Gin­ger than has to walk and talk like Shan­non but it does get her to be more pop­u­lar which she loves.

Gin­ger and Shan­non befriend the lonely Emily and help to make her more pop­u­lar and glam­orous like them­selves. The plan was that they would ditch her when she got her own (cool) friends but Shan­non wanted her to stick around and Gin­ger became jeal­ous. Soon Gin­ger finds out that Shan­non was never her real friend… Emily and the sax­o­phone play­ing boy whom Shan­non does not approve of are.

Not only is this a great read but unlike most nov­els, the events are mostly unpre­dictable. I’ve read a few of Cathy Cassidy’s nov­els and they were all as equally great. Not to men­tion the cov­ers are pretty sick.