Starting Over — Charles A. Johnson

Heatheria Winchester never felt like a "typical, normal girl" before she'd met Princess Luanne and became her best friend. But a few days before school begins, her recluse of a long-lost mother, Marisa Winchester, offers her a chance of a lifetime when she gets Heatheria enrolled in a local middle school in Melania.But on her first day, "Heather", as she is now called, is introduced to Helena Harper, who seems to be the one person no one can stand--not since she had lost her mother in a violent storm a few years ago. However, Heatheria is determined to touch Helena's heart, and she attempts to do so with a welcome party at the Palace.Will Heatheria be able to convince Helena that the real world is not as cruel as she believes it is?