 The novel is both a stand-alone and also the second book of the Ashbury/Brookfield series.The novel follows the correspondence between students from two rival schools.Cassie Aganovic, Emily Thompson and Lydia Jaackson-Oberman, attend the prestigious, private Ashbury High; Matthew Dunlop, Charlie Taylor, and Sebastian Mantegna ("Seb") attend the public and notoriously rough, Brookfield High.