At St. Bungle's you have until year's end to be forgiven. Fail, and you'll be forgotten by everyone you love. Mackenzie Marzolla is a bad girl. She and her best friend Hailey Perry rule their school with an iron fist, and their parents suffer and slave to keep them furnished with the latest designer everything. The girls have it made, but one man intends to tear it all down again. Hadrian Hisham is the headmaster of St. Bungle's School for Insufferable Children, and he has eyes and ears in every house.