Falling stars - V. C. Andrews

Four talented girls from vastly different pasts share a dream of stardom: Cinnamon, the edgy actress; Ice, the phenomenal vocalist; Rose, the beautiful dancer; and Honey, the first-rate violinist. The four meet at the prestigious Senetsky School of the Performing Arts - housed in an ornate New York mansion - and become instant friends as they take off on a dazzling whirlwind of intense classes, theatre outings and celebrity-studded parties. But they soon realise this is no ordinary school. Madame Senetsky pushes the girls' studies beyond reason. She controls their social lives. And they get the strange feeling someone is watching them. But who? And why? Cinnamon, Ice, Rose and Honey set out to untangle a shadowy web of Senetsky family secrets. As they explore dark corners and hidden rooms, every creak and moan of the old mansion tells a story too frightening to repeat. A devastating story that could destroy their dreams.