Lydia, Esme, and Kiley have all just gotten jobs as nannies to the famous and well-to-do in Beverly Hills. Lydia is thrilled to flee her life in the Amazon to watch the children of her tennis-star aunt and lesbian partner. Esme is hired by a TV producer's wife because Esme can communicate in Spanish with her newly adopted Colombian daughters. Midwesterner Kiley becomes nanny to a rock star's children after vying for the position in a reality show. While the life of a Beverly Hills nanny has its perks, the girls still have their own personal issues to resolve. Esme's is the most conflicting: is she "selling out" by leaving her Latino neighborhood and boyfriend behind? Much name-dropping of designer products, exclusive restaurants, and clubs, as well as descriptions of the tony activities of the rich and fabulous. Esme is the only girl with sexual experience while Lydia talks brazenly about what she'd like to do.

Frustrating lack of depth with characters combined with much stereotyping--definitely not recommending it and really not recommending it to Middle School age students due to content--discussions of very casual sex for the sake of having the experience, no real decision making process for why character decides not to do so. Surprising amount of gratuitous underage drinking as well. ML