Bubbly Marnie and shy, beautiful Nola are best friends forever...but everything changes when ninth grade starts. Marnie has set her sights on the IN crowd, led by funky, sly, hipster girl Lizette. Marnie also falls hard for charismatic hottie Dane. Meanwhile, Nola wants her friendship with Marnie to remain just as it was, and, despite her crush on a geeky-cute boy, isn't quite ready to date yet. Marnie doesn't get why Nola seems content to remain on the social outskirts. Nola doesn't get why Marnie is so desperate to get on the social A-List. Before long, their friendship is over, and all-out war has been declared...
Claudia Gabel was a cheerleader, had a spiral perm, and took advanced Physics during her freshman year of high school. Now she is a book editor with shiny straight hair, practices yoga, and lives in New York City. In or Out is her first novel.