When Cal McCarthy first laid her eyes on Grace Jordan, she knew exactly what type of girl she was. Stuck-up, controlling, feared by her classmates - in other words, a mean girl. Every school has one, and Cal wasn't the type to be intimidated by such a cliche. And the moment she talked back to Grace was the moment she started a war with the school's ice queen. But through this war, perhaps she'll find that the high school mean girl has more to her than meets the eye.

Before witches and curses and fighting zombie killers, Deena Johnson was just another Shadysider who had a crush on the cheerleader with the pretty eyes because just as much as she hated cliches, Samantha Fraser just happened to be the biggest exception.