The Clique Series
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The Clique Series is a young adult book series, written by Lisi Harrison. Six books have been released in the series so far. The first book in the series, The Clique: A Novel, was published in 2004 by Little, Brown and Company.
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There are five main characters, who attend an exclusive school in Westchester, New York, where they also live: Massie Block, Claire Lyons, Alicia Rivera, Kristen Gregory, and Dylan Marvil. Massie and Claire are the two main protagonists and most of the books flip between the two viewpoints, although Alicia has had her own book Revenge of the Wannabes: A Clique Novel in which she tries to start her own clique. There are other recurring characters who act as foils for the main ones.
The Main Characters
Massie Block: Described as very pretty, with a glossy brown bob, amber eyes, and a laser-whitened smile. Known to be the "Wicked Witch of Westchester" and queen bee, the cruel Massie's strong points are her charisma and wit. In the beginning of the series her family lends the guest house to the Lyonses, a middle class family from Orlando, Florida. Claire Lyons eventually becomes Massie's friend. She also gets a job in Hollywood as a set correspondent for The Daily Grind, Dylan's mom's talk show, along with Alicia being a behind-the-scenes reporter.
Claire Lyons: A girl who has pale skin, blonde hair, blue eyes, and bangs and is from Orlando, Florida. Although she starts off as a clueless, sweet fashion victim her personality undergoes some changes. The cruel treatment by the Clique causes her to grow up some and Claire's backbone begins to show as well as some imperfections. She temporarily abandons her friend Layne. She does, eventually, become Massie's friend and, thanks to her years of community theatre acting, stars in a movie along side two of the hottest movie stars in the biz.
Alicia Rivera: Described as the "Spanish beauty" of The Clique. She eventually decides that she is tired of being second to Massie and tries to start her own clique in Revenge of the Wannabes: A Clique Novel, using look alikes. Massie makes an accusation that Mr. Rivera is actually from Brooklyn and only pretended to be Spanish to marry his wife, who actually is Spanish, and her real name is Alicia Rivers. She becomes the new announcer for OCD, replacing Comma D. All that training leads up to her gig as a set correspondent for Dylan's mom's talk show, The Daily Grind, being a behind-the-scenes reporter with Massie
Kristen Gregory: Is the best female athlete in the school. Although she pretends to be rich, it is revealed in the first book that her art-dealer father lost all his money a few years before and she is on scholarship at OCD. However all of her friends do not find this out until the third book. Her parents are quite strict. Kristen is undeniably intelligent and perpetually scheming to make money.
Dylan Marvil: She is described as taller and wider then the other girls and has fluctuating weight. She is on a diet whether she needs it or not and also has curly, fiery red hair and green eyes. Her mother, Merri-Lee Marvil is the famous host of a morning talk show, The Daily Grind. Makes the mistake of dishing some huge gossip in a public bathroom, causing a fued between two hot teen starlets and not being allowed to audition for a new teen blockbuster.
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Layne Abeley: Claire's friend who is constantly on the fringes of popularity and is very avant-garde. She likes alternative music and dresses radically, and is viewed with disgust by the Clique except Claire. She loves to hold protests. Layne's brother, Chris Abeley, was the one-time crush of Massie Block, thus making Massie pretend to be friends with Layne but their "friendship" ends after a few weeks. It is revealed that Chris only liked Massie as a friend and already had a "disgustingly beautiful girlfriend," Fawn.
Nina Callas: The cruel, but beautiful, Spanish cousin of Alicia, who is revealed to be a thief. Known to be "Obscena" (Layne made some posters rebeling against Nina in Invasion of the Boy Snatchers: A Clique Novel) she tries to steal the boyfriends of Massie, Claire, and Alicia. Nina only appears in Invasion of the Boy Snatchers: A Clique Novel.
Olivia Ryan: A ditzy "airhead," that's also a pretty, blonde girl who is Alicia's friend but scorned upon by Massie. Alicia calls her Faux-livia for the duration of the second half of Revenge of the Wannabes: A Clique Novel because she bought knock-off Louis Vuitton scarves. Olivia has had two nose jobs, and is known to be the crush of Chris Plovert. She appears in Best Friends for Never after being sick and meets up with everybody at the Halloween party. Massie immediatly doesn't like her because she steals the boys with her surfer girl costume.
Cam Fisher: Is described as "ah-dorable" with one green eye and one blue eye and black hair. He is known for wearing his brother's old leather jacket and is a talented goalie on Briarwood Academy's soccer team. He also has excellent music knowledge. He has an older brother, Harris, whom the girls love, including Alicia in Revenge of the Wannabes: A Clique Novel. He likes giving Claire gummy candies, notes, and CDs he burns himself. Massie has a crush on him throughout the second and third books, but it turns out he likes Claire. He tries to spend time with her but Claire is always with Massie. Soon, Massie finds out about Cam and Claire, and after much dispute, she approves of their relationship.
In Invasion of the Boy Snatchers: A Clique Novel, Alicia's cousin Nina draws in all of the boys (including Cam) and tricks The Pretty Committee into thinking the boys didn't like them. Thinking Cam has dumped her, Claire kisses Josh Hotz, but they make up in The Pretty Committee Strikes Back: A Clique Novel with their first kiss. In Dial L for Loser: A Clique Novel the two also experience some problems, but again make-up, this time with their first French kiss.
Derrick Harrington a.k.a Derrington: Massie's boyfriend with shaggy blonde hair and brown eyes, and a similarity to a golden retriever. Derrington is the star player on Briarwood's soccer team and loves shaking his butt, his trademark move. He only wear shorts, even in the winter. At first he was Kristen and Dylan's crush in Best Friends for Never: A Clique Novel. He's the most popular boy at Briarwood Academy and calls his girlfriend, Massie, by her last name: Block.
In the fourth book, Nina tricks Massie into thinking that Derrington likes her, not Massie. After a big soccer game, Massie and Derrington talk and Massie finds out Nina told all the boys she cast a "Spanish soccer spell" and for good luck in soccer, they couldn't talk to their girlfriends. Derrington gives Massie the Cupid Award that he won, knowing Massie really had wanted to win it. Massie gives Derrington an "M" pin because he had wanted an MVP pin, saying, "It's much cuter than those boring silver ones your coach gives out." He promises he would wear it forever.
In The Pretty Committee Strikes Back: A Clique Novel Massie lies to the girls in her grade and says that she and Derrington have kissed many times. The M.U.C.K girls (Massie's Underground Clinic for Kissing) talk about it and Derrington hears, thinking Massie has been kissing someone else because she never kisses him. He crushes her M pin in the dirt, but afterwards, Massie kisses him to prove to the M.U.C.K girls that she wasn't a lip virgin and they make up.
Josh Hotz: Alicia Rivera's crush from Hotchkiss that was expelled for pulling the fire alarm before a major test. He is on the soccer team and is described to be a preppy Ralph Lauren-lover. In Invasion of the Boy Snatchers: A Clique Novel Nina uses his locker as a place to store her stolen goods. He kissed Claire, who thought Josh didn't like Alicia and was upset with the thought that Cam didn't like her anymore. Josh has brown hair and brown eyes, and is said that he looks just like Alicia, only in a boy version.
In the fifth book, Josh flirts with Claire and compliments her, not getting the hint that Claire doesn't like him. Alicia catches on to his crush on her and finds out about their kiss.
Chris Plovert: A boy on crutches who is also on the soccer team. Dylan likes him, but he likes Olivia. Dylan went to the Lovestruck Dance with him in Invasion of the Boy Snatchers: A Clique Novel and tried to kiss him, in order win a bet with Kristen.
Abby Boyd: One of the two hottest teen actresses in Dial L for Loser: A Clique Novel and Massie's hair muse(though Massie finds out that Abby cut her hair and dyed it blonde later on). The other is Hadley Durk. Abby stole Hadley's first boyfriend, and they didn't speak to each other for a year. When they finally decide to make up and work together on a movie, it turns diastrous when they go on Dylan's mom's talk show, The Daily Grind. Hadley finds out that Abby stole her boyfriend, Gabor, again, while the Pretty Comittee is there meeting the two stars and watching the taping of the show. Hadley quits the production and Abby will have to make friends with a new castmate.
Is described as 'pathologial' by Kristen in response to finding out that Abby stole Hadley's boyfriend again. Abby only shows up in the sixth book.
Hadley Durk: The other hottest teen actress(besides Abby) that sadly keeps getting her boyfriends stolen from her by Abby Boyd. Wears her hair in her signature Pocahontas braids and has white Dentyne-Ice shaped teeth. Makes up with Abby after having Abby steal her boyfriend from her, though it is a big mistake when she finds out that Abby stole her boyfriend, Gabor, again. Gets tomato sauce poured on her by Abby and quits the movie, Dial L for Loser, all in the sixth book,Dial L for Loser: A Clique Novel, which is the only book she appears in.
Conner Foley: Described as the teen-dream, Conner Foley is the hottest teen actor in the country. He and Abby Boyd secretly date one another while working together on the set of their movie, Dial L for Loser. He uses Claire, Massie, and Alicia to try and make Abby jealous. Claire is accused of liking Conner by Cam when Massie sends him a picture of Conner and Claire kissing for a kissing scene in the movie. Conner is an underwear model for Hugo Boss and gets a new pair of specially designed CF jeans each time he stars in a movie. He only appears in Dial L for Loser: A Clique Novel. He calls every girl he talks to "Babygirl", and hits on every one also.
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