Mix six teenaged girls and one '60s fashion icon (retired of course) in an old Victorian-era boarding home. Add boys and dating a little high-school angst and throw in a Kate Spade bag or two ... and you've got The Carter House Girls Melody Carlson's chick lit series for young adults!
When her mom died DJ had to move in with her grandmother internationally famous '60s fashion model Katherine Carter. Now Mrs. Carter's opened a boarding home for young ladies and DJ—who would rather wear her basketball team uniform than haute couture—is sure they'll all be unbearable fashion snobs. One by one the girls arrive and begin to figure out how to fit into this new family getting to know each other. Sure there's an aspiring diva or two but before long the Carter House girls are dating fighting laughing shopping sharing clothes purses shoes ... and their deepest secrets.
DJ may not turn into the perfect little lady her grandmother has in mind but one thing's for certain—with all these new 'sisters' her life will never be the same!
