The story of Eliza and the girls of her dorm as they attend Ashdown Academy, a private girls' school. Set in Vancouver, 1964/65, this story tells of the growing friendships between Eliza with Helen, Carrie, Jean and Pam. While not a story I would typically read, I enjoyed looking for descriptions of Vancouver from a time when I was quite young."She was taking them all up Oakridge to shop ... The matron let them loose in Woodward's while she did her own shopping, with instructions to meet her in an hour at the White Spot." Definitely reminiscent of old Vancouver and the Oakridge Mall where Woodward's was the centre piece and White Spot used to be beside the old library.