PINK

THE PINK JUMPER WAS GLOWING IN MY GREY BEDROOM LIKE A TINY BIT OF DOROTHY'S OZ IN BORING BLACK-AND-WHITE KANSAS. PINK WAS FOR GIRLS. AVA SIMPSON IS TRYING ON A WHOLE NEW IMAGE. STRIPPING THE BLACK DYE FROM HER HAIR, LEAVING HER UBER-COOL GIRLFRIEND, CHLOE, BEHIND. AVA IS QUICKLY TAKEN UNDER THE WING OF PERKY, POPULAR ALEXIS WHO INSISTS THAT A) SHE'S A PERFECT MATCH FOR HANDSOME ETHAN; AND B) SHE ABSOLUTELY MUST AUDITION FOR THE SCHOOL MUSICAL. BUT WHILE SHE'S BUSY TRYING TO FIT IN - WITH CHLOE, WITH ALEXIS AND HER PASTEL FRIENDS, EVEN WITH THE MISFITS IN THE STAGE CREW - AVA FAILS TO NOTICE THAT HER SHINY REINVENTED LIFE IS FAR MORE FRAGILE THAN SHE IMAGINED.