Four middle school friends, Darcy, Renee, Maya, and Brianna are ruled by the popular and fascinating Candace. When Darcy holds a slumber party, she invites three of the girls: Renee, Brianna, and Candace leaving Maya out. They don’t tell her but when she finds out she figures that Darcy probably forgot to invite her. But, on that day she went to Six Flags so she didn’t really mind until she finds out that she was being recruited from the group. Slowly, Brianna and Renee get recruited too of course all by Candace. That only leaves Darcy and Candace together. All five always sit by the window altogether at lunch. But, Maya is afraid to sit there. Will she ever build up her courage? I think this was an outstanding book. The Girls is more for girls obviously than boys.