Heather Franklin Grammar School is not your average high school. Firstly it is an elite academy open only to the intelligent and the rich. Secondly, the social divide is more than dramatic. There's a two major social groups - the Populars and the Nobodies. The Populars rule. The Nobodies follow. No exceptions. Chantelle Radleigh, leader and founder of the Populars, may as well be the dictionary definition of 'perfect'. Smart, popular, beautiful, manipulative and rich, she's dangerous. But this year, the secrets are mounting and the scandals are stacking. With a gorgeous new boy who seems determined for equality and Nobodies who are desperate for revenge it seems like everything Chantelle has building up is about to crumble down. Cracks are showing in her image of utter perfection, but she's not about to let this go. Let the battle begin.

To most people, Hayden is just a beautiful, small, quiet beach town - home to the wealthy and powerful. To others, it's their home - a tangle of secrets, lies and suffocation. Life in Hayden has always been tough for Cat Bartaletti. After all, being at the bottom of the social ladder and being the victim of relentless torture by your classmates is never really easy sailing. But after a tragic incident involving her best - and only - friend, things go from bad to worse. A new school year without her best friend brings new things - mostly unwanted. The school's golden boy, Luke Carter, has suddenly noticed her existence and for all the wrong reasons. She's starting to like his best friend, Ollie Clark - but he seems to be too good to be true. And there's Lia Trent, the beautiful new girl who appears to be hiding more than one secret. When the four of them begin to form a shaky, but comforting friendship, everything changes - but for the better or the worse?