In September 1959 Pina's got only one thing on her mind at the elite Albert Academy: four years of blissful rooming with her heartthrob Katie, pursuing their taboo relationship of the previous summer-only one thing until Pina stumbles over the lecherous Head Mistress Craney, lurking in the hall. Pina and Katie become obsessed with the blood-curdling game of cat and mouse Craney is craftily staging in every nook and cranny, from the fire escape to the bedclothes. Aided by quirky roommates, Pina struggles to elude Craney's clutches and her sinister machinations when Craney calls Pina's bluff in a salacious duel of wills. Must Pina submit? Will the scorned and unrequited Head Mistress expose Pina to her parents, and the eventuality of shock therapy? Who will banish whom?