Amanda tries to win an essay contest, in which Busy is already spending the prize money. Chrissy decides to start a club and Amanda is the only other member. But things go awry when Chrissy influences Amanda to shoplift and then blackmails her into not saying anything after Chrissy steals the essay and enters it as her own.
Keywords: best-friend , coming-of-age , family-relationships , friendship , italian-family , tomboy