Life at the prestigious Easton Academy takes a dangerous turn when Thomas Pearson, one of the most popular boys in school, is murdered and the entire campus begins to hunt for the killer.

As the girls of Waverly Academy participate in their new discussion group--and begin to feel as if they all really get a long--Callie Vernon works on a plan which involves her roommate Jenny's boyfriend, Easy Walsh, dumping her.

Sasha must figure out what to do when the rivalry between Heather Fox and Jasmine King threatens to turn the competition for a spot on the Youth Equestrian National Team into a war.

When Sasha Silver arrives at the elite Canterwood Crest Academy with her horse, Charm, she finds that she is not exactly welcome, especially when a group of pretty, high-achieving girls challenge her right to belong at the school.

Reed Brennan, on scholarship at the exclusive Easton Academy, has achieved her goal of getting into the luxurious Billings dorm, home of the wealthiest and most sophisticated girls, but she finds herself at their mercy when her roommate snaps some pictures of her in several compromising positions at an illicit party.

Serena van der Woodsen, Blair Waldorf, and Nate Archibald have been best friends for years, but their friendship is tested when both girls fall for Nate and he is forced to choose between, even if it means losing his best friends forever.

Valentine's Day at Waverly Academy is anything but loving when Isla Dresden steals Brett's boyfriend and Tinsley's thunder, and now both girls are out for revenge.

Astra Dell is stricken with a devastating illness, leaving the students and teachers at her distinguished New York prep school reeling as they try to cope with their friend's impending death and their own longings and attachments.

Fifteen-year-old Reed Brennan wins a scholarship to an exclusive private school, and thinks she has finally found a way to escape her troubled home life, but when she arrives, the students are not what Reed expected and she struggles to find a way to fit in with the other girls.

Maura Shaw returns to Rhode Island with her teenage son and daughter in the wake of a tragic accident at sea in which her husband and older daughter Carrie vanished, and the three of them try to deal with the past, survive the present, and imagine a future at Newport Academy, the private school where Maura has enrolled Travis and Beck, and taken a job teaching English.