Harrison, Lisi, The Clique, 2005, Alloy Entertainment; new York city, 251 pages. (Romance / Fiction)Massie Block is the queen bee at Octavian country day (OCD), and known for her infamous pretty committee consisting of her three best friends Alicia Rivera, Dylan Marvel, and Kristen Gregory. But when she is told by her parents that her itinerary has been changed due to a meeting with new comer Claire Lyons Massie thinks what could be more important than shopping for the New Year? Claire Lyons is a Florida chick, and is dying to fit in. so what is her plan become friends with the queen. Clair does some pretty mean things to become friends with Massie. She sneaks into Massie’s bedroom and IM’s Massie’s friends pretending to be Massie. And Claire’s plan worked she got Kristen to tell her she was poor and she told Dylan that her legs were fat (super sensitive about her weight). And Claire was in and Massie was out. Life was luxurious for Claire. She got a free cell phone from Alicia and unlimited shopertunities with the new pretty committee. Everything was going Ok but then Claire’s worst nightmare happened. Massie finds out about Claire’s idea to make people like her and become the new trend setter. Massie somehow find out that Claire set her up. But Massie will be Massie and convinces the pretty committee that she had nothing to do with it. So she gets dumped by her only friend Layne for cancelling their plans to hang out with the pretty committee and the story ends with Claire wishing for new clothes, more friends, Massie’s approval, and richer parents. Will Claire’s wishes come true or will her life in Westchester be more out than Burberry? Read the next book in the series Best friends for never.
I think this book is a book all teenage girls should read. It shows that you should never change for any one and there is more to life than designer clothes and rich friends. I suggest to all girls to read this series. It will teach you a lot about friendship and making tough decisions.
Reviewed by: KR12
