“Hey listen, guys. I need you to tell me something and I want you to be really really honest…” “Sounds serious,” said Nesta. “It is. I want you to tell me, do you think I’ve put on weight?” Nesta, Lucy, and TJ looked at each other. “No,” said TJ after a moment too long. “Not really. Well, we all did a little on the school trip. So no more than the rest of us.”

Izzie has always been “curvy,” but since Christmas she has gained eight pounds, and nothing seems to fit anymore. In an attempt to lose weight, Izzie tries everything: one diet after another, a punishing exercise program, and every bit of conflicting advice anyone can give her.

Her constant worrying about her weight causes her to lose her confidence, and she stops appreciating the things in her life that are special—her supportive friends, the fact that she has been selected for a TV teen panel, and a cute boy at the TV studio who seems to like her just the way she is.

***

“That William Lewis really thinks a lot of himself,” I said. ”He’s such a smartarse.”

“Hhmm,” said Lucy, grinning. “That’s what he said about you too.”

“He did? What a cheek! God, he annoys me. I really hate him.”

Lucy, TJ, and Izzie exchanged knowing looks. “Yeah sure,” said TJ. “You hate him.”

Nesta’s life is thrown into upheaval when she gets involved in charity work thinking that it might be a cool way to meet people (mainly boys). But as her eyes are opened to the plight of the world, she begins to want genuinely to get involved and help others.

On top of this, Nesta meets William, a boy who questions her motives. At times, she’s convinced he hates her and the feeling is mutual. But Izzie, Lucy, and TJ think it is something more like love…

***

“I reckon that’s the last we’ve seen of Ollie Axford,” I said. “I wouldn’t be so sure, TJ,” said Nesta. “I bet he calls and asks you out.” “Nah, he looks like a player. You know the type. Too much of a twinkle in his eye to be trusted.” “A bit like Luke then?” said Lucy.

Boys are like buses for TJ. No sign of one for ages and then two come along at the same time! First there’s charmer Ollie Axford. And just when TJ has decided that he could be the one, old flame Luke De Biasi tells her that he wants to rekindle their romance.

TJ is torn between the boys, and unhappy that it makes her look like a two-timer. But it all seems unimportant when someone close to her is taken seriously ill. More than ever, TJ needs a clear head and the support of her friends as she faces the most important summer of her life.