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It’s the first day of seventh grade in the year 2000. School rejects, Anna and Maya, get a lot of unexpected attention.

Maya and Anna become fascinated with the mature girls in their class who smoke. They are faced with the age-old question: stay home and play pretend or go out and do drugs?

Maya feels a tickle down there which becomes kind of an addiction, distracting her from her best friend who really needs her.

Trailview’s Night of Amazing Music is coming up. Anna hopes to win Alex’s heart with a classical aria while Maya is consumed with a lie.

There’s an exclusive fashion show at the local nursing home. Somehow Anna and Maya make it in, but feelings of inadequacy lead them down a shady path.

Maya gets a questionable nickname during a school project. Anna goes along with it, resulting in a test of their friendship and identities.

Maya and Anna get their very first AIM screennames and their social world opens up. Maybe too much.

It’s a viewing party to watch the newly released VHS movie, Wild Things. The night gets sexy and Anna and Maya try to keep up.

Anna gets to sleep over at Maya’s house on a school night and can’t wait to become part of the Ishii-Peter family. But things turn as Anna gets a little too comfortable.

It’s the night of their first school dance but Anna and Maya are on bad terms. They’ll have to navigate this unfamiliar terrain set to billboard hits, by themselves.

Two days after the dance, Maya and Anna reluctantly go to a lame pool party. A crush unexpectedly shows up, causing them to question their sanity and reputations.

Maya zeros in on her crush, while Anna deals with the fallout from her parents’ divorce. Together they find outlets in an unexpected extracurricular activity.

Anna and Maya discover secret powers within, allowing them to control rocky aspects of their lives through magic.

Witnessing their daughters reach a new low, Kathy and Yuki rally around them. At school, Maya and Anna receive an opportunity at redemption but it will come with a range of influences.

Maura hosts a group sleepover at her house. The clock chimes late into the night as secrets and masks threaten the death of friendships.

The school play has been cast. Maya has the opportunity to get her actual first kiss. Anna struggles to find herself.

It’s opening night. Hearts are exposed, forcing both Anna and Maya to grow up.

On vacation with Curtis, Anna and Maya are introduced to new crippling insecurities. The girls try to ignore them, but a mystical turn makes their self-doubt impossible to forget.

An upcoming Bat Mitzvah forces Maya to face a realization about her family's socio economic status while Anna grapples with an existential crisis.

Anna helps her dad move into an apartment. Maya is confronted by a surprise visitor from Japan.

A day in the life of Yuki.

A new family member comes to live with Anna but their arrival brings unexpected endings. Maya gets a diagnosis.

Anna and Maya attend the local “Walk For Cancer.” Opportunities for socializing evolve into inklings of mortality.

Anna is given the opportunity of a lifetime but when her parents won’t let her partake, Maya encourages them to take fate into their own hands and embark on a dangerous journey.

Anna and Maya are far from where they began. Now all they want is to go back home.