New Girl In Town

In the first book of the 'Nama Beach High fiction serties, Laura Duffy's family moves to Satellite Beach, Florida, where she initially feels out of place at a high school where her good grades mark her as a nerd. A school counselor, Mrs Isaacsen (who turns out to be a Christian student's best friend) establishes a once-a-week group for conflicted girls. Soon, Michelle (a sophisticated sophomore), Joy Beth (super athlete), KJ (a freshman with attitude), and Celeste (like Laura, a junior; unlike Laura, a friend of every hunk in school), have formed a bond, if not a club. Things "happen" in their busy lives, and Mrs Isaacsen's "secret keys" are some of the means of coping.