World Famous Comics: It's Not Easy Being Mean (Clique Series)
It's Not Easy Being Mean (Clique Series)
By: Lisi Harrison Publisher: Poppy Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Poppy Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 224 Publication Date: March 07, 2007 Reading Level: Young Adult
Product Description: Massie Block: 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 County, New York. Claire Lyons: Has finally arrived! She's in the Clique and adored by super-cute Briarwood boy Cam. But will she be able to stay in Massie's inner circle? Alicia Rivera: As sneaky as she is beautiful, Alicia would love to take Massie's throne one day. She just might do it.Dylan Marvil:Divides her time between sucking up to Massie and sucking down Atkin's shakes to try to get rid of the extra fifteen pounds that won't seem to leave her butt alone. Kristen Gregory: She's smart, hardworking and will insult you to tears faster than you can say "scholarship kid."The Clique... The only thing harder than getting in is staying in.
Massie massie massie. Why. Why are you so UGLY? Thats right pony girl! What do ya have to say about that? Maybe I'll just eat yer little dog Bean for breakfast.
The clique girls will do anything to get the key Skye Hamilton gives Massie and the pretty committee a DVD about the contest for the key. The key unlocks OCD's secret room and Massie is physched. It's just what she needs to kick off the beggining of eighth grade in popularity! However, finding the key is simply harder than it seems. Skye claims to have hidden the key in the bedroom of a Briarwood boy in which she has kissed. While Claire is trying out for another movie, the pretty committee splits up the bedrooms of the Briarwood boys. Massie later gets jealous of Claire and kicks her out of the pretty committee. That means that Layne is the only friend she has left. One night at Layne's house Layne realizes something; OMG!!! The key might be in her brother's room! Sure enough it is! Claire and Layne try to use the key to bribe Claire back into the pretty committee. What's the deal that they made? Does the pretty committee accept? You'll never know until you read the book! :)
Literature Sends Important Lessons These kind of stories unfortunately are real and happening in schools. Kids need to know that they are not alone and that bullying of this kind is unacceptable.I think this series is great for teens. Also another book that all parents and teachers should read that clearly not only clarifies but offers solutions on how to handle this behavior is Bully-Proofing Children: A Practical, Hands-On Guide to Stop Bullying. Short stories with great messages for kids, along with scripts,strategies and activities..help kids to deal with this issue.
Shallow The characters in this book are spiteful, manipulative, and shallow. But even worse than that, I feel sorry for them, and sorry for any girl who feels like she has to be fake in order to have friends. How terrible that people won't like them for who they really are.. and how awful that must feel to think that one wrong move and your best friend is now your worst enemy. The author of these books has glorified being cruel and encouraged young girls to be scared of who they are. What a heartbreaking message to send girls as they try to discover who they are. Being kind, compassionate, funny, adventurous -these are the sorts of things that maintain a friendship. Under all the glam and the glitz, Massie's character seems so lonely. She is afraid to be real with her friends, her family, and herself. Girls thinking of buying this book: you are better than this. Love yourself enough to be proud of who you are and read books that encourage you to be the incredible girl you are! Parents, if you love your daughter, pay her not to read this.
Brilliant and overdue A brilliant analysis of the deepest evils of our society. This is where it is born: not in the boardrooms of big corporations, but in the bedrooms of the slumber parties of nine year old girls. I love Massie - she's deliciously vulnerable and therefore deliciously, and ever humanly, evil.
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