When Wendy Boychuck's father is sent to prison for a year for being a crooked cop, the shame hovering over her is almost unbearable. She finds some relief from the gossip and physical attacks she's endured since his incarceration by joining a popular group of girls who have a reputation that is both admired and feared. Struggling with peers and trying to acclimate to the changes at home, Wendy clings to her new friends whose guidance is as skewed as her own.