Author: Lisi Harrison
Reader Age:12 and up!
Massie and the girls, along with their classmates are headed off to Lake Placid for a President’s Day class trip. Everyone that is, except Kristen, who can’t afford to go on the trip with her friends. When Massie sets up a kissing clinic to try to raise money for Kristen, girls eagerly sign up for the class. However Massie is the last person who should be teaching them, considering she has yet to have her first kiss. But when the girls get to camp, they expect to see her kissing techniques in action.
When Massie’s boyfriend finds out that she has been spreading kissing stories he starts to think that she has been kissing someone else and he is not happy. He quickly announces to the world that he and Massie haven’t even shared one kiss, making everyone angry at her for her lies. As she struggles to deal with the fallout from that she must also help Claire get her boyfriend back and avoid the wrath of Alicia.
Author: Lisi Harrison
Reader Age: 12 and up!
The Pretty Committee is back together but they are definitely not problem free. When Alicia’s gorgeous and flirty cousin Nina comes to visit she has all the boys drooling over her. Including Massie and Alicia’s crushes and Claire’s boyfriend! To make things worse, Massie is forced to share her room with Claire while the guest house is renovated and the rest of the pretty committee is slightly jealous. Not only that but Kristen now looks like a boy due to a haircut disaster and Dylan gained six pounds over break! With gorgeous Nina in town all of the girls feel slightly threatened.
As the girl’s crushes abandon them they must find a way to bring Nina down. When the girl’s discover that Nina has a habit of taking things that don’t belong to her, they set out to send her back to Spain. Will they get rid of Nina and get their boys back?
Author: Lisi Harrison
Pages: 296
For Ages: 12 and up!
Claire is finally in, but is Alicia out?
When Massie finds out that Alicia is attempting to start her own clique she is beyond furious. And the fact that Alicia lied in order to win the uniform competition at Octavian County Day makes her even more upset. Now, Alicia is being interviewed by Teen Vogue when it should really be Massie and Massie is not about to miss out on her chance for glory. Alicia is thrilled when she is asked to Model for Teen Vogue but when Massie finds out that more models are needed she quickly jumps at the chance to steal Alicia’s spotlight.
But when Alicia decides to strike back at Massie things turn even uglier. When Alicia has Claire’s little brother spy on the girls she uncovers secrets about all of them. Secrets that she plans to use to drive a wedge between Kristen, Dylan, and Massie. And it works. Kristen and Dylan join Alicia and Massie is left alone and even Claire believes Alicia’s lies. Will Massie be able to get her girls back or will she lose them to Alicia?
This book is a great edition to the series and I find myself getting more and more caught up in the lives of the girls!
Author: Lisi Harrison
Massie Block feels like her spot at the top is slipping and she will do anything to hold on to. And that means throwing Octavian County Day’s first boy/girl Halloween party. She has one little problem though. Her parents are forcing her to co-host with Claire, who has yet to become Pretty Committee material. But Massie is willing to do whatever she has to do in order to have her party and stay on top.
When the party finally arrives, Claire finds herself having more fun than she imagined! She even managed to win a dance competition with a totally cutie. Massie, however, spends half the night talking to Kristen, who couldn’t come because she was grounded, and the other half avoiding spin the bottle. It seemed like everyone had a blast at the party except Massie, but she didn’t mind because it kept her firmly rooted on top of the social chain.
However that all stands to change when Octavian County Day institutes a new uniform policy and Massie and her friends are blamed. Will they be able to save their social status?
So far we have managed to get in touch with two of our t-shirt winners! Congratulations to:
Mary from Wisconsin
Erica from New Jersey
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Massie Block, Alicia Rivera, Dylan Marvil, and Kristen Gregory are ” The Clique”, also known as The Pretty Committee. As the most popular girls in the 7th grade at Octavian Country Day School everyone wants to be them or be friends with them. But when fashion disaster Claire Lyons and her family move into the Block’s guest house, Massie is afraid her popular status will suffer. But the Pretty Committee is not about to let their leader drop in popularity because it would mean a drop for all of them!
Although Massie is forced to be nice to Claire in front of their parents, they have no control over what she does at school. The Pretty Committee has no problem making fun of Claire without mercy and none of the girls like Claire. Once Claire realizes that the girls won’t like her unless Massie does, she sets out to make them believe that she is Massie’s new best friend. But along the way she discovers that they all have weaknesses or secrets. As Claire learns to deal with the girls she also makes a real friend in Layne. Will Claire and Massie end up being friends in the end?
I never thought a book about spoiled 7th grade girls would be something I would like, but I found myself unable to put this book down! The Clique, by Lisi Harrison is an entertaining and captivating read that will place you right alongside the girls! Look for reviews of all the books in this drama filled series coming soon!
Chloe Walsh does an incredible job bring the fashion world alive in her book, The Interns: Fashionistas. Following four young girls as they intern for the hottest fashion magazine around, this book is the perfect introduction to what is sure to be a thrilling series!
Couture magazine’s four new interns couldn’t be more different. Aynsley doesn’t really need the internship because her family has all the money in the world, but her mother thinks she needs the experience and Aynsley will do just about anything to avoid spending the summer with her parents. With her killer wardrobe she seems to fit in perfectly at Couture, until her attitude gets her in a bit of trouble. Nadine and Aynsley quickly become friends because Nadine is the life of the party and fits right into to Aynsley’s party life-style.
Callie and Ava are very different from party-girls Nadine and Aynsley. Callie is an aspiring fashion designer who hopes that her designs will catch the eye of someone at Couture. Ava is just glad to be at Couture and will do anything that she is told to help her make it to where she wants to be. The four girls must work together and try to get along while competing to get noticed.
Will the girls be able to survive Couture and all the hurdles that are thrown their way?
Mary Hogan has a gift for telling stories that will suck readers in and Pretty Face is no exception!
Hayley doesn’t feel like she fits in on the beaches of Santa Monica. She isn’t blond or superskinny and she wouldn’t be caught dead in a bikini like most California girls. Hayley is smart and has a witty sense of humor but she doesn’t have the body that she wants. She is known as the funny girl with the “pretty face” and she knows that she will never have a chance with Drew, the guy she has a major crush on.
But things start to look up for Hayley when her parents surprise her with a trip to Italy, just for fun. Once in Italy, Hayley begins to relax and starts to finally enjoy life. She begins to realize that her body isn’t as awful as she thought and that she is “curvy” not “fat”. As she starts to fall in love with Italy and learns to love herself as well she may even find true love.
Perfect Girl by Mary Hogan is the perfect book for anyone ages 14 and up and is a great summer read!
Freshman year is hard enough, but for Ruthie things seem to be even harder. Stuck in a small town in Delaware with an overprotective mom who doesn’t seem to understand her, Ruthie feels like she has no where to turn with her newest problem. She has fallen in love with Perry, the boy who has lived next door her entire life! She has no idea how to handle these new found feelings, especially since her other friends would be the opposite of supportive. To add to her problems there is a new girl in town, a perfect girl who seems to have attracted Perry’s attention.
With nowhere else to turn, Ruthie makes a call that sets a million things in motion. She calls her aunt Marty, a romance advice columnist who is also known as the “Goddess of Love.” Aunt Marty quickly comes to the rescue and to town. But Ruthie’s mom is less than thrilled and the house turns into a battlefield. Will Ruthie find a way to fix her problems and manage her family’s?
Mary Hogan and Susanna are back again in Susanna Hits Hollywood! This book is the perfect sequel to Susanna Sees Stars!
Susanna is off and at it again, this time in Hollywood for the Academy Awards! Susanna is ready for her chance on the red carpet and to see the stars, however, when she arrives in Hollywood she finds that things aren’t going to work out exactly like she had thought they would. It all starts when she goes from staying at a hotel with all the stars to a remote hotel by the beach. When she loses her press pass things get even worse for her and she must scheme to find her way back inside.
Once Susanna overcomes her pass difficulties she begins to scheme about how she can score her scope. When she finally comes up with a plan she has to pull some tricks to make it work. But will her big scope cost her?