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The Clique
The Clique: Second Collection
A second box set of three books -- The Clique #4: Invasion of the Boy Snatchers; The Clique #5: The Pretty Committee Strikes Back; The Clique #6: Dial L for Loser -- in the New York Times bestselling series.
272 pages, Paperback
First published November 15, 2006
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Lisi Harrison
98 books2,851 followersLisi Harrison is the author of the #1 New York Times best-selling series "The Clique", "Alphas", "Monster High," Pretenders," and her first adult novel: "The Dirty Book Club" out 10.10.17. Lisi was born in Toronto, Canada, and lived in NYC for 15 years while she worked at MTV. She now lives in Laguna Beach, CA and is a member or her own Dirty Book Club.
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January 11, 2009
Five spoiled girls jockeying for position within a prestigious clique during their middle school years make up the cast of these Young Adult books in the The Clique: Second Collection: Invasion of the Boy Snatchers, The Pretty Committee Strikes Back, and Dial L for Loser. Author Lisi Harrison keeps the clique’s clotheshorses galloping from one adventure to the next with lots of cheeky dialogue, sociopathic backstabbing, and whisper campaigns that would do Karl Rove proud.
The Octavian Country Day School is known as OCD, a not-so-subtle play on Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder. There are more descriptions of shoes, clothes, and jewelry on each page than in an entire department store catalog. After a while, all the focus on materialism feels horribly gluttonous, especially in these dire economic times.
Massie Block is the leader of the girls, and she is a walking poster child for a shallow narcissist who is emotionally arrested in a six year old’s me-me-me world. It seems wrong that in these types of mean girl clique books, this kind of behavior is glamorized and accepted as normal. What’s really glossed over—more than their pouty lips—is the effect their cruel behavior has on others, as these girls are nothing more than common bullies.
In the first book, Invasion of the Boy Snatchers, Massie has to share her luxe Westchester bedroom with another clique member. Making things worse, one girl’s hot, Spanish cousin arrives and is a serious boyfriend stealer. Other subplots include a disastrous haircut and a traumatizing gain of three pounds. In The Pretty Committee Strikes Back, the clique packs up their iPods and head to Lake Placid for a class trip. In Dial L for Loser, the girls get to audition for a teen blockbuster and ride in the movie studio’s “ah-mazing” jet.
The Clique is a pretty popular series, having achieved placement on The New York Times bestseller list. A straight-to-DVD movie was made this year, produced by Tyra Banks, and is out now. It would be cool—if one has to keep seeing girls engage in this traditional covert-aggressive, cruel behavior—to see these cold, selfish tween twits get some kind of comeuppance. But, unlike reality, all ends well with the latest glam new gadget and no nervous breakdowns.
Review by Cheryl Reeves
The Octavian Country Day School is known as OCD, a not-so-subtle play on Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder. There are more descriptions of shoes, clothes, and jewelry on each page than in an entire department store catalog. After a while, all the focus on materialism feels horribly gluttonous, especially in these dire economic times.
Massie Block is the leader of the girls, and she is a walking poster child for a shallow narcissist who is emotionally arrested in a six year old’s me-me-me world. It seems wrong that in these types of mean girl clique books, this kind of behavior is glamorized and accepted as normal. What’s really glossed over—more than their pouty lips—is the effect their cruel behavior has on others, as these girls are nothing more than common bullies.
In the first book, Invasion of the Boy Snatchers, Massie has to share her luxe Westchester bedroom with another clique member. Making things worse, one girl’s hot, Spanish cousin arrives and is a serious boyfriend stealer. Other subplots include a disastrous haircut and a traumatizing gain of three pounds. In The Pretty Committee Strikes Back, the clique packs up their iPods and head to Lake Placid for a class trip. In Dial L for Loser, the girls get to audition for a teen blockbuster and ride in the movie studio’s “ah-mazing” jet.
The Clique is a pretty popular series, having achieved placement on The New York Times bestseller list. A straight-to-DVD movie was made this year, produced by Tyra Banks, and is out now. It would be cool—if one has to keep seeing girls engage in this traditional covert-aggressive, cruel behavior—to see these cold, selfish tween twits get some kind of comeuppance. But, unlike reality, all ends well with the latest glam new gadget and no nervous breakdowns.
Review by Cheryl Reeves
October 24, 2007
love it!!!
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September 13, 2007VERY GOOD BOOK AND WONDERFUL DETAILS TO BE READING A BOOK LIKE THIS..........
November 13, 2007
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June 16, 2008
Haven't read yet, but it's probally an ah-mazing book!
October 1, 2008
I thought that this book was really good and if you have enjoyed all of the clique series so far then you should read this!!!!
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November 1, 2008Been there read that!
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November 2, 2008what is this??? is this like the second part of the clique series??
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January 25, 2009ahh i read every single of these books which was sorta hard since they are very popular at my school
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May 19, 2009how can i read it?:O ONLINE PLEASE HELP ME !:)
July 1, 2025
I used to like these when I was younger, but now I wonder why
May 23, 2008
girly. lolz
October 15, 2008
awesome this is awesome
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