nding an entire weekend with the Raves in the lead
guitarist？s Bedford Street town house。 She？d even recorded a song with them！ The following
Monday； Mrs。 McLean and everyone else in the city had read all about it in the gossip columns。
Say good…bye to Constance Billard and hello to ？boarding school！
Now it was the following Monday and Jenny had taken the day off from school to look at
Hanover； the famously wild and crazy boarding school of her dreams。 Hanover was where party
girl extraordinaire Serena van der Woodsen had gone for two years before getting kicked out last
October； and Jenny imagined that Serena had never been replaced。 Well； hereshe was to replace
her。 She was going to bring Hanover to new heights of infamy； and if； for some reason？which was
hard to imagine？Hanover didn？t appeal to her； or worse； didn？t accept her； she would also visit the
Croton School。 Croton was only an hour and a half away from the city； in Croton Falls； New York；
and according to all the prep school guidebooks Jenny had been reading； it was almost as wild as
Hanover。
？I might get a haircut； too；？ Rufus replied； sounding chipper。 His wiry salt…and…pepper hair was
pulled back into a straggly ponytail held by a rainbow…colored twist…tie that had e on a bag of
flaxseed bagels from the Whole Foods near their Upper West Side apartment building。 To go with
his fancy hairstyle； Rufus was wearing a red…and…white checked Western…style snap…up…the…front
short…sleeved shirt； heavy brown canvas Carhartt work shorts； and scuffed beige suede
Birkenstock clogs with black wool socks。
Nothing like the country to bring out one？s sense of fashion。
？Oh。 Good。？ Jenny