Blair and Serena, who go to an exclusive private school in Manhattan, are no longer best friends but are still both consumed with thoughts of boyfriends and college.

Chronicles the activities of two friends, Serena and Blair, and a group of wealthy students from exclusive private schools in Manhattan during Christmas break of their senior year.

Reveals the effects on a trio of bright, attractive, fifteen-year-old friends--Serena van der Woodsen, Blair Waldorf, and Nate Archibald--when Serena considers leaving their seemingly-perfect life of luxury in New York's Upper East Side for boarding school.

Only two weeks remain until graduation and there are more than a few surprises in store for the senior girls at an exclusive private high school in New York City, as they fill their last days together with boys, gossip, parties, and shopping.

"Time to throw your hair into a messy pony and cut off your Sevens -- we're heading to the Hamptons! Serena and Blair are now co-muses to a super-famous designer, who just happens to live next door to N's Hampton's estate. I wonder how neighborly these new neighbors are going to get. And what's this I hear about V venturing surfside? Who's next, D!? Never say never--" -- publisher.

Two months after Elizabeth Holland's dramatic homecoming, Manhattan eagerly awaits her return to the pinnacle of society. When Elizabeth refuses to rejoin her sister Diana's side, however, those watching New York's favorite family begin to suspect that all is not as it seems behind the stately doors of No. 17 Gramercy Park South. Farther uptown, Henry and Penelope Schoonmaker are the city's most celebrated couple. But despite the glittering diamond...

Triplets Avery, Baby, and Owen Carlyle have different approaches to their new life in a Manhattan penthouse and elite private schools, but soon each has cause to want to return to their home on Nantucket Island.

It's senior year for the Upper East Siders. Applying for college is only one small part of the story, as new romances (and not-so-new) bloom and fade, scandals erupt at every turn, and alliances shift even faster than Gossip Girl can send an update. Families and reputations are destroyed and made; so are fortunes. And even the strongest friendships are tested. Good thing Gossip Girl is always there to provide the latest and juiciest info.