It wasn't possible that Jay could like me better than Stella - Stella's the pretty one. I'm short and frizzy-haired and just generally blah. Maybe he was concussed and he'd mixed up our names. That would be it. Bridie and Stella have been friends for ever and agree on everything: war is bad, the environment is important and Stella is always the centre of attention. So when the girls rescue a handsome boy at a peace rally, they never imagine that it might spell trouble between them. The first shock is that Jay seems to be attracted to Bridie, not Stella. The second is that Jay is a committed Christian. As Bridie draws closer to Jay, a whole new realm of ideas opens up to her. She starts to question who she is and her place in the world. But what append of her new world has no place for Stella?