Girl in the Translucent Dress

Thirteen of us, BFFs, hanging out at the mall on Saturdays, having sleepovers onweekends, sharing histories, working through our diversities, our problems withour moms, boys, zits and being fat, we think we have it all together. Until ourlosses begin to stack up in the form of our close friends death, problems with ourdiversities that threaten to split us up, parents losing their jobs in the deepeningrecession, some of us losing our homes, some of us losing our way; and on top ofthat, the mall, our favorite hangout on the planet closing its doors... not until thendo we almost lose ourselves.Then suddenly, out of nowhere, our lives begin to change. Mostly because of themysterious woman who shows up toward the end of our eighth grade year, and theway she completely shakes up our lives, transforming us forever.