It follows the story of a shy, privileged teenage girl who moves across the country to Los Angeles for her senior year and vows to reinvent herself as she becomes embroiled with the Beverly Hills elite.

Seventeen-year-old Anna Percy trades her privileged life on New York City's Upper East Side to move to Los Angeles to live with her father for the second half of her senior year.

The next day, Anna joins Sam, Cammie, Dee and their other friends on a charity project but goes home early due to food poisoning.

Kirkus Reviews called the book "fast-paced but uninspired", saying that "teens will get the thrill of seeing how the super-rich live, coupled with the heartening insight that money doesn't guarantee happiness".

"[2] Publishers Weekly[3] described it as "just the ticket for Gossip Girls[sic] fans" but noted that "the audience may be frustrated by all the loose ends that point strongly to a sequel, if only by way of explanation."

In 2004, it was announced that Universal Studios acquired the rights to the series, with screenwriters Pam Falk and Mike Ellis attached and Alloy Entertainment to produce[4] but the project never reached further development.