Katie and Michaela Wilder are New York City girls...and best friends. But everything changes when they move upstate to rural Fir Lake. Katie is horrified by their new surroundings: the too-friendly neighbours, the lack of a subway, the fact they live near actual cows. Sheś shocked when Michaela adapts to country life effortlessly, dating a cute football player and attending homecoming with something resembling enjoyment. And most shocking of all? Sheś started keeping secrets from Katie.