Invasion of the Boy Snatchers
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| The Clique: Invasion of the Boy Snatchers | |
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| Author | Lisi Harrison |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Clique series |
| Genre(s) | Young adult novel |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Company |
| Publication date | October 2005 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Preceded by | Revenge of the Wannabes |
| Followed by | The Pretty Committee Strikes Back |
Invasion of the Boy Snatchers is the fourth novel of The Clique series by Lisi Harrison. The title is a pun on the movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
ɟ== Plot Summary==
This book begins after winter break. Alicia spent her time in Spain, Massie and Claire went to Aspen, Kristen didn't go anywhere, and Dylan went on a cruise. Alicia's cousin Nina Callas comes back to America with her. At first, Massie is sure that the girl won't pose a threat to her seventh-grade social status since she has seen pictures of the girl with braces, zits, horrible clothes and terrible hair. But boy was she wrong! However, Nina underwent a transformation and Massie begins to doubt her theory and realizes that in fact, the girl may not only threaten her social status, but steal her crush "Derrington," too! Nina arrives to her welcome party dressed in a revealing dress, sexy shoes, and a thong that is shown purposely. However, that isn't the only thing bothering Massie- for 3 weeks, Claire and her family will move into the Block's house for renovation of the guest house. Though she now considers Claire a friend, she cannot stand watching all of her clothes fall prey to Claire's clumsiness, ruining her wardrobe. But Massie has to be nice to Claire...because we have learned that Claire's parents have found a house in Chicago! As it gets nearer to Valentines' day, and the "Love-Struck Dance" that OCD is planning, Massie becomes worried when she notices that all of the Briarwood boys are taking interest in Nina. So she, Claire, and Alicia band together to make a plan to somehow get rid of Nina, once and for all. The plan is for Todd and his friend Nathan, who arrived at the dance for plan, to steal Nina's boots by asking her if she wants a massage. Nathan is to steal the boots while Todd is massaging. They saw the heel of the boots, just so that they are in tact but can be easily broken if walked in. As the dance draws to a close, Alicia is to anounce the Cupid Award. It is given to Derrington and Nina. Derrington goes on stage to receive the award and does his famous move of wiggling his butt. As Nina tries to walk up, her broken boots callapse under her weight and she brakes both of her heels. The crowd starts to laugh as Nina continues to try to get up. The next stage of the plan is for Alicia to state on the microphone how Nina stole the items from the OCD students and staff. When Alicia anounces this, an angry mob forms around Nina demanding for their things back. The last stage of the plan happens when Nina is completely embarrassed from the angry mob. Pictures of Nina's "ugly days" fall from the ceiling for everyone to look at. This is finally the end of Nina. The next day, the Pretty Committee go to the Tomahawks game against Greyson. As Massie watches the game, she and Claire are still mad at Cam and Derrington for not going with them to the dance. A little bit later, Massie receives a text message from Derrington, asking her to come to the bleachers ASAP. Althught Massie is actually very excited, she pretends to be not interested. Claire does a coin flip to determine if Massie should go or not: heads, Massie should go, tails, Massie stays. Claire says that it's heads, but Massie can tell that it was actually tails. Massie goes to the bleachers and finds Derrington waiting there. He tells her about the "Spanish Curse" that Nina put on the Tomahawks and Massie finally understands why the boys didn't go with them to the dance. He also gives Massie his Cupid Award and Massie gives him her "M" brooch in which Derrington says that "he'll wear it forever". The last chapter is with Claire acting very nervous. Eventually, it is told that she is kissing Josh Hotz at the exact same time that Cam comes in. this makes the candy hearts message 'will I open my eyes and see Cam after my first kiss? yes' come true.Claire jumps from Cam coming in and because Cam is so upset, he runs off, with Claire calling his name.
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