Sarah Bailey, a troubled teenager, has just moved from San Francisco to Los Angeles with her father and stepmother. At her new school, she forms a friendship with a group of girls considered outcasts for one reason or another and rumored to be witches besides, Bonnie Harper (who bears burn scars from an auto accident), Nancy Downs (whose family is of modest means and whose stepfather is abusive) and Rochelle Zimmerman (who is African-American in the predominantly white school). At the same time, Sarah becomes attracted to the popular Chris Hooker. Bonnie, Nancy and Rochelle worship a powerful deity named "Manon".