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After ending her relationship with the abusive Nick (Breathing Underwater), Caitlin auditions for and transfers to the Miami High School of the Arts. The treatment of Caitlin's opera ambitions, her encounters with Nick, and problems with her mother are superficial, and the tone in her "online journal" excerpts is too vapid to be convincing. Fans of semi-serious chicklit will, however, enjoy this.