A Finnish teenage girl Hanna finds herself studying at an international boarding school in Wales at the time when the only contact home was an occasional letter. She shares her room and her entire life with the artistic Elena, rich and dazzling Justine and warm-hearted Sarah. The four girls constantly get into trouble with the Housemaster Mr. Williams as they like nothing better than pulling a prank. The book is based on the author's real life experiences at Atlantic College in the 1970`s.