"Le Strut meant walking like you were too bored to care and therefore cooler than everyone who'd missed the memo on not caring" (p. 2).

"Mac sighed. But in the darkness, she smiled to herself. It was great to have good friends. Friends who had your back no matter what. This was going to be a great year. The Best Year Ever" (p. 17).

"Emily roller her eyes. Mac always made a distinction between Los Angeles and the rest of the world, as though the bar of humanity had been slightly raised for the City of Angels" (p. 23).

"Maybe this was just how Bel-Air worked. In Iowa, friends' parents didn't roll up a window and drive away when you greeted them politely. But here, people were always rushing off places" (p. 67).

"She quickly wiped away her teardrops before her mother could notice them slipping onto her cheeks. She did not...