Stella

After Caitlin Clarke's parents split up, her father whisks her from Manhattan to England, where she's nervous about fitting in at her exclusive boarding school. Luckily for Caitlin, she catches the eye of Stella Hamilton, who controls the social scene at Temperley High. "She's like the moon," an unpopular classmate tells Caitlin. "You know how it controls the tides and makes people act weird. That's Stella." Stella quickly welcomes Caitlin into her select group of influential and important "Stars;" there's a decided Mean Girls trajectory to the plot (minus the humor), as Caitlin ascends from nobody to potential Head Girl of the school, and sparks fly between her and Stella. Eve's debut unfolds through Stella and Caitlin's alternating points of view, and it reads like a throwback to Gossip Girl%E2%80%93era private school dramas, with brand name%E2%80%93dropping and bad behavior galore. Eve's decision to make Stella so self-aware of her power and Caitlin so na%C3%AFve in her innocence is a plus, building tension as both girls' downfalls appear imminent. Ages 12%E2%80%93up. Agent: Claire Wilson, Rogers, Coleridge & White. (Mar.)