In late nineteenth-century California, when Chinese immigrants are being driven out or even killed for fear they will take jobs from whites, fifteen-year-old Eliza Jane McCully defies the townspeople and her lighthouse-keeper father to help a Chinese boy who has been kind to her.
The disappearance of his soccer team's leading scorer during the championship finals leads sixteen-year-old Matt to investigate and entangles him in a possible kidnapping.
Family problems tempt Alexis and Jasmine to do something drastic to get the attention they crave, but their friends in Good Girlz, an afterschool church youth group, have some hard-won advice for them.
Having established friendships with each other and an easy relationship with their group leader, Camille, Angel, Alexis, and Jasmine are reluctant to accept the two new girls who join their after school church youth group.
Four girls from different backgrounds--one with a police record, one with a frightening secret, one with a tough exterior, and one from high society--meet at a church youth group and learn firsthand the value of honoring their parents.
Best friends Camille, Alexis, Jasmine, and Angel find their friendship tested when two of the girls realize they have been dating the same guy, but as they plan their revenge, they learn forgiveness is always the better road to take.
