To do:

• Attend photo shoot on pier at sunset.
• Get invited to NYC's most exclusive parties.
• Walk big star's makeup artist's assistant's dog.
• Fetch dry cleaning when it arrives from Paris.

There's nothing run-of-the-mill about working at Skirt, the preeminent fashion magazine. I'm Kira Parker, total fashion junkie. I thought I had it made when I landed this job. Ha. I mean, don't get me wrong — working at Skirt is amazing. And spending the summer in New York City without my parents? Golden. But now I'm up against Daphne Hughes, daughter of the magazine's owner. What Daphne wants, she gets — all wrapped up in a cute Coach bag. She's already got the guy of my dreams and all the right connections. Now she thinks she'll get the plum position working for the editor in chief without even lifting a diamond-adorned pinky? This catwalk is primed for battle.

"Teenage fashionistas will enjoy this entertaining peek into the competitive and frenetic world of fashion." Children's Literature

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When Kira wins a coveted summer internship at a glamorous fashion magazine, she thinks her dreams have come true. That is, until she meets New York's teen heiresses who are catered to by the senior editors, leaving Kira to pick up the dirty work. Behind the glossy facade, fashion isn't what it seems.

Carrie Karasyov and Jill Kargman are best buds who met at their all-girls private high school in New York City. They have cowritten two novels for adults, The Right Address and Wolves in Chic Clothing, and one novel for teens, bittersweet sixteen.