Enthusiasm by Polly Shulman
Julie's best friend, Ashleigh, is constantly dragging her through a series of weird but fun obsessions. Julie is worried about Ashleigh’s latest craze, Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice, because it is sure to cause supreme embarrassment to have to wear dorky 19^th century clothing and talk in Austen’s formal language. As if that isn’t bad enough, Ashleigh has the INSANE idea of crashing the formal dance at the local boys' prep school to get that Austen ballroom experience. I mean, who crashes a formal school dance?! But just when all appears to be a disaster, Julie meets dreamy Grandison Parr who gallantly saves them and steals her heart. Life should be better now, except Ashleigh likes Parr too and mistakeningly thinks Julie is interested in his friend Ned. Julie realizes her loyalty to her overly enthusiastic friend will be put to the test.