TY - BOOK AU - Handler, Daniel TI - The Basic Eight SN - 0-7490-0592-0 PB - Allison & Busby Ltd KW - Juvenile Fiction N2 - In an affluent San Francisco high school, Flannery Culp's group of friends, known as the Basic Eight, are dismissed as a pretentious clique. Disdaining the jocks and cheer-leaders, they maintain a level of sophistication which raises them above the rabble. Whether hosting glitzy dinner parties, quaffing absinthe or playing croquet, Flan knows that the Basic Eight are something special ER -