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Dial L for Loser (Paperback)
by Lisi Harrison
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Author: Lisi Harrison
Publisher: Little, Brown
Pub. in: August, 2006
ISBN: 0316115045
Pages: 272
Measurements: 7.7 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BC00183
Other information: Clique Series#6
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- Awards & Credential -
A winner of New York Times Bestseller |
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The Clique by Lisi Harrison is a good book. You can easily summarize the plot. A small-town girl moves to a rich school where kids wear designer clothes and she becomes the target of the middle school mean girls. The story is told from the author's point of view, and switches from character to character. There is no definite ending for the story, nor is there any moral to it. Even so, the story is faithful to the lives of preteen girls since Claire desires to become a member of the exclusive clique no matter how awful she is treated just as many girls in real life strive to enter the exclusive popular crowd despite their cruel treatment.
Claire Lyons moves with her parents from Florida to wealthy Westchester County, NY. Until they can get settled, the family stays in the guest house of Mr. Lyons's college buddy, who happens to have a daughter who is also in seventh grade. Expected to welcome her, Massie instead chooses to make Claire's life miserable for no other reason than she's the new girl. Massie enlists her clique of friends at Octavian Country Day School, all part of the beautiful and popular crowd, to help with the harassment, which ranges from catty comments on Claire's clothes to spilling red paint on her white jeans in a conspicuous spot. Tired of it all, Claire tries to fight back, but then the abuse worsens. The book has trendy references kids will love, including Starbucks in the school, designer clothes, and PalmPilots for list making. However, this trendiness doesn't make up for the shallowness of the characters or the one-dimensional plot. Nor is the cruelty of the clique redeemed with any sort of a satisfying ending. The conclusion leaves one with the feeling that a sequel is in the works.
Target readers:
Young Readers
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Lisi Harrison is an author of young adult novels, best known for The Clique Series. She was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Harrison attended McGill University where she majored in film. After two years she left McGill and transferred to Emerson College in Boston where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in creative writing. She worked at MTV for 12 years and became Head Writer and then, Senior Director of Development. She created and developed shows for the network including, One Bad Trip and Room Raiders.
In June 2004 she decided to write full time. She currently lives in New York City where she is currently working on book number seven in The Clique Series.
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The social minefields most privileged middle-school girls drive the over-the-top drama in this addictive new book, set in suburban New York City's Westchester County. Massie Block: With her glossy brunette bob and Whitestrip smile, Massie is the uncontested ruler of The Clique and the rest of the social scene at Octavian Country Day, an exclusive private school in Westchester, New York. Dylan Marvil: Massie's second in command who divides her time between sucking up to Massie and sucking down Atkins shakes to try to get rid of the extra fifteen pounds that won't seem to leave her hips alone. Alicia Rivera: As sneaky as she is beautiful, Alicia floats easily under adult radar because she seems so sweet. Kristen Gregory: She's been dying to fit in ever since her parents went broke. She's smart, hardworking and will insult you to tears faster than you can say 'scholarship kid.' And then there's Claire Lyons, the new girl in two-year old GAP overalls from Florida, who is clearly not Clique material. The only problem is that Claire's family is staying in the guest house on the Blocks' massive estate while they look for a new home! Claire's future looks worse than a bad Prada knockoff. But with a little luck and a lot of scheming, Claire might just come up smelling like Chanel Mademoiselle.
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Victoria, USA
<2006-12-22 00:00>
I haven't finished reading the book but I am a major fan of the clique series and I love the books. I find they always try to tell you to be yourself and to see why being popular and being considered #1 at your school is hard. I look forward to finishing the book and being able to see what other great clique books there are to be. Thanks Lisi Harrison for writing one of the best book series I have read in a long time. |
A reader, USA
<2006-12-22 00:00>
The thing that I love about these books is that read them so fast. They just pull me in and I get wrapped up so quickly. I loved this book its one of the best but the ending was the best part. |
A reader, USA
<2006-12-22 00:00>
The Clique is an extremely good book for young adults to read. I like it because through out the book there are these two girls that are about thirteen, and they are fighting. They are fighting because they are very different. The girls’ names are Claire Lyons and Massie Block. Some of the reasons that they are fighting are because Claire Lyons is a girl that has to live at Massie’s house until her father can find a new house. She is a total geek! She wears hideous clothes that are all bright colors (including her shoes). She is not from a poor family but also her family defiantly isn't rich. Ad then on the other hand there is Massie Block. She is the most popular kid in school and wears clothes that are "in style". I really recommend this book to others for two really good reasons. One is if you want to learn about how nice and or mean thirteen year old girls can be to each other. The second reason would be because while you are reading this book there is a very important lesson made. The lesson is that popular kids and the people that are not so popular can sometimes get along perfectly fine. |
A reader, USA
<2006-12-22 00:00>
I don't understand how people can say that these books put girls down. I love them and read them often. All the people and places in the book are fictitious. Lisi Harrison is just telling some really good stories. It's just another book about how a couple of girls live through their teen years. Drama and deceit are all in the pages. I think everyone can relate to these books, even adults. Maybe you're the characters' age, and you're a Claire, who has to deal with a Massie. Maybe you're an adult, and at Massie and Claire's age you were popular and ruled the school, and related to Massie. Everyone can relate to these books somehow, whether you're wearing the new Jimmy Choo heels or you're in a wooly Gap turtleneck. Yes, Massie can be mean, and gave Gap and Sears a bad name, but that shouldn't stop you from buying a warm Gap sweatshirt or getting a great deal at Sears. Massie's attitude toward Claire's fashion didn't stop Claire from fitting in with Massie and still shopping at Target. I think Claire is an inspiration. I think every school has a Massie, and she proved that you don't have to be rich or have a credit card to fit in with the popular girls. I think these stories are great, and that Lisi Harrison is doing an amazing job. Even though Massie can certainly influence the Pretty Committee to do some mean things, a fictional character shouldn't inspire girls to wallow because they aren't popular or skinny or rich like her. The Clique Series is just following 5 teen girls and how there lives play out, and I don't think they're meant to harm anyone or make anyone feel bad. All of it is fiction, and teen girls shouldn't be influenced by fictional characters. To settle the matter, if someone feels put down or the fiction series makes them feel bad, don't buy them, don't read them, and don't feel bad. The world doesn't have to end if you relate to Claire instead of Massie! |
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