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The Clique: Second Collection (Paperback)
by Lisi Harrison
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Author: Lisi Harrison
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Pub. in: November, 2006
ISBN: 0316066931
Pages: 756
Measurements: 7.7 x 5.3 x 2.3 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BC00325
Other information: ISBN-13: 978-0316066938
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- Awards & Credential -
New York Times Best-seller, since its first came out it brings laughters to hundreds of thousands teenagers. |
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Grade 5-8–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. Amy Goldman Koss's The Girls (Dial, 2000) shows the same cruelty of girls with a more realistic story and resolution.–Diana Pierce, Running Brushy Middle School, Cedar Park, TX
(From quoting School Library Journal)
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Teens, girls, young women.
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Lisi Harrison was born in the fashion capital of our neighbor to the north, Toronto, Canada. She was the Queen Bee of many cliques and kept copious records of them in the journals she always had with her - a hobby she has to this day. After university, Lisi moved to New York City where she began a career creating and developing shows for MTV, including "Room Raiders." Lisi also was the head writer for MTV Productions and a columnist for Jane magazine. Now that she has given up the glamour to write for teens full time, Lisi is currently at work on the next book in The Clique series with creative consulting done by Bee Bee, her fashionista Chihuahua.
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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.' Would love to take Massie's throne one day. Just might do it. 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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Jake (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-13 00:00>
Here's the info that appears on the back cover:
Dial L for Loser (The Clique Series #6)
From The Publisher
Goodbye Westchester, Hello Hollywood!
Massie Block: The Pretty Committee is this close to begging Principal Burns to readmit them to O.C.D. when movie director Rupert Mann invites the girls to audition for his new teen blockbuster -- Dial L for Loser. Massie packs her straight-leg velvet Sevens, ties her new hair extensions in a high pony, and heads off to L.A. with her friends, on the studio's ah-mazing private jet. But when they arrive on the set, everyone starts treating Claire like she's the star. Dial W for What the...?!
Kristen Gregory: Parents have her grounded in Westchester while her friends are off glamming it up. But so what? She has the Briarwood boys to keep her company, including "certain people's" crushes...
Alicia Rivera: Doing the morning announcements at O.C.D. was great preparation for her latest gig -- being a movie-set correspondent on The Daily Grind.
Dylan Marvil: On a new all-bran diet. Good thing she wasn't invited to L.A. since she needs to spend most of her time running to the bathroom.
Claire Lyons: Snags a starring role. Befriends a hot teen starlet. Is invited into a world of extreme fabulousness -- she goes to glitzy parties, gets her picture in lots of magazines, and receives dozens of free pairs of Keds. She's living the dream! But what happens when Cam catches Claire kissing a Hollywood hottie?
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Safia Abdul (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-13 00:00>
Our favorite clique is back once again in this preppy and ah-dorable novel. After being expelled from their seventh grade class at their private school, OCD, the Clique girls, have risen to fame on a movie set - Dial L for Loser, the latest teen movie being filmed. But what will happen when Gap-wearing "ordinary" Claire snatches the lead role from Prada-loving, born-to-rule Queen Massie? That obviously doesn't go over well with the Clique girls, and Massie has to employ some ruthless tactics to get herself back into the spotlight.
While this feud is continuing, other dramas round out the book. Alicia and Massie have found themselves as movie-set correspondences for a popular morning TV show, The Daily Grind. Kristen and Dylan of the clique are stuck back at home in Westchester, but that doesn't mean they can't have fun... especially with the Briarwood boys. And new Hollywood "It Girl" Claire has caught the eye of her co-star, teen idol Conner Foley. What happens when her boyfriend at home, Cam, catches
them kissing...?
Rich and fabulous, though sometimes over-the-top snooty, these girls sure know how to have a good time. In this humorous pieice of teen chick-lit, I found myself laughing out loud with every page. Is this a Clique novel you don't want to miss? Definitely so. Or, as Alicia might say, given.
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A kid reader, USA
<2007-02-13 00:00>
Dial L for Loser is an awesome book. I was really happy that Claire was finally put in the spotlight because even though Massie and the rest of the pretty commitee have become nice to Claire its nice that she is suddenly the most popular of them. If you've never read the clique series and you're a girl at least like (...) years old try reading the clique books cuz theyre really funny and its hard to put them down Oh and to the person who wrote a review on august 16 and all you talked about was how you rich you are and how you're like massie. Saying poor people stink and you bragging about how rich you are just makes you seem like a spoiled brat so next time keep the review on the book and off yourself and im not saying that cuz im jealous.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-13 00:00>
I am 27, but I have a weakness for fun, light YA books like Gossip Girl and the Princess books by Cabot. I picked up the clique with a bit of trepidation, because it just seemed a little too snooty, and maybe too young for me. I shouldn't have worried. This was a playful, drama-filled, purely fun book that kept me entertained from beginning to end!
Massie and her crew get stuck being nice to newcomer Claire (at least while Massie's parents are watching!), who isn't anywhere near as rich and fabulously stylish as The Clique. Claire, of course, realizes that she'd like to be part of the clique and tries to get in. How it all turns out is the story.
I enjoyed this a lot and would recommend it to anyone over the age of ten who enjoys fashion, drama, and books that are just good light fun.
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