The Clique series

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The Clique Series is a young adult book series, written by Lisi Harrison. Tweleve novels have been released in the series so far, including the Clique Summer Collection. The series revolves around five girls, Massie Block, Alicia Rivera, Dylan Marvil, Kristen Gregory and Claire Lyons, who collectively make up The Pretty Committee, the “A-Lister” clique of the fictional Octavian County Day school (OCD).

Warner Brothers plans to release a live-action DVD adaptation of the first Clique book in the fall of 2008. The known cast of the movie can be found here.

Contents

[edit] List of novels

  1. The Clique (May 2004)
  2. Best Friends for Never (October 2004)
  3. Revenge of the Wannabes (March 2005)
  4. Invasion of the Boy Snatchers (October 2005)
  5. The Pretty Committee Strikes Back (March 2006)
  6. Dial L for Loser (August 21), (2006)
  7. It's Not Easy Being Mean (March 7), (2007)
  8. Sealed with a Diss (July 2007)
  9. Bratfest at Tiffany's (February 5), (2008)
  10. P.S. I Loathe You (September 24), (2008)
  11. The Clique Summer Collection: 3 of 5 are already out

The Clique Summer Collection

  1. Massie (April 1), (2008)
  2. Dylan (May 6), (2008)
  3. Alicia (June 6), (2008)
  4. Kristen (July 1), (2008)
  5. Claire (August 5), (2008)

[edit] Characters

[edit] Massie Block

Massie Block is a beautiful brunette who is rich, get everything she wants, has a horse named Brownie and a pug named Bean, and is liked by everyone. She is the official ruler of OCD till Claire, a girl from Orlando, comes and messes it up. They hate one another in the begining but gradually start to like one another. Through tough times Massie and Claire start to rely on each other. In the first book Massie falls for Chris Abeley but discovers that he has a discustingly beautiful girlfriend named Fawn. In the second book Massie and Claire through a Halloween party and they both fall for a Biarwood boy named Cam. In the third Massie finds out that Alicia started her own Clique and discovers Cam likes Claire and not her!!! While dealing with Alicia, Massie starts liking Derrick Harrington, or Derrington, as the girls secretly call him.Massie has a secret bestfriend whos name is Ashley.P . Her life is nowhere perfect with Nina the Spanish boy charmer, getting expelled at lake Placid, losing the lead role in Dial L for loser, searching for the key to a secret room, getting Chris to fall for Skye Hamilton and disigning the trailers. Her life can be pretty hectic.

[edit] Claire Lyons

Claire Lyons is the “New Girl” of the Pretty Committee in the series. Also, at the beginning of the series, Claire was teased constantly by the Pretty Commitee, but survived months and is now a new member. Claire moved from Florida. In "Invasion Of The Boy Snatchers," it was announced that she and her family would be moving to Chicago, but they end up staying in the guest house. Now she lives in the Block’s guesthouse and, over the course of the series, has become very close friends with Massie. In the beginning of the series she is somewhat innocent and naïve, but is forced to mature as the cruel treatment from the Pretty Committee causes her to become more aware of what people think of her. She is really obsessed with her boyfriend,Cam Fisher, who Massie liked first. In Dial L For Loser, Claire becomes a celebrity and must mature even more due to hateful treatment from Massie and her so-called celebrity friends at the end of the book. In the 9th book Claire becomes jealous of her ex boyfriend's relationship with Olivia. Claire's parents are Jay and Judi Lyons, and her little brother is Todd.

[edit] Dylan Marvil

Dylan Marvil is the Pretty Committee's bridge to Hollywood and celebrities. Dylan's mother, Merri-Lee Marvil, hosts the very popular talk show, The Daily Grind. Dylan is a very stubborn girl, but is also very self-conscious. She continuously worries about her weight, even though she is described as being a healthy weight. Along with her talk of her weight, Dylan is also considered the 'pig' or the 'comic relief' of the books. She is the only member of the Pretty Committee who is not afraid to eat in front of people, mainly boys, and she loves to belch. Dylan is described as having curly, fiery red hair, though in Bratfest at Tiffany's, she returns with stick-straight hair. Unfortunately, in the same novel, she is outside in rain and her hair goes back to being curly. It is unknown if she will re-straighten her hair. In the book " The Pretty Committee Strikes Back" she later develops a crush on Chris Plovert, who is not sure if he has any feeling for her at all. In the Clique Summer Collection:Dylan She gets long hair like Svetlana Slootskyia(to impress a boy) who teaches her tennis.

[edit] Alicia Rivera

Alicia Rivera is the second-in-command or “Beta” of the Pretty Committee, as well as the "Beauty". In the first three books, she expresses the desire to start her own clique with Olivia Ryan, but when she does so in the third book, Revenge of the Wannabes, Massie goes after her and quickly unravels Alicia’s clique, humiliating Alicia in the process. After “Revenge Of The Wannabes” Alicia seems much more content with her role as the “beta” The Briarwood Boys consider her to be extremely hot, and she has a reputation as being the prettiest girl at OCD.Her and Olivia are also called the Twenties by the briarwood boys because they are both tens. This slightly irritates Massie, who enjoys being on top. She is described of having dark brown almost black hair and big brown eyes. She also is very tan and constantly saying things like "given" and "point". She is a hot Spanish beauty and every boy in Briarwood likes her. She also has a crush on Josh Hotz and secretly develops a relationship with him in the 9th book.

[edit] Kristen Gregory

Kristen Gregory is the “Athlete” and the “Genius” of the Pretty Committee. In books 1-3, she is obsessed with crossword puzzles, but switches to word jumbles in book 4. While she is part of the Pretty Committee, she hardly has any main plotlines revolving around her. She is very smart and attends Octavian County Day school on a scholarship. It is revealed about halfway through the first book that Kristen is “poor”, but she is really middle-class. She stands as the reason to the Pretty Committee, always at hand with a witticism or moral. While she has a tendency to switch to the winning side during fights, she proves to be a very loyal friend to the entire Pretty Committee. Kristen is also described as being blond and her chest is flat and muscular. She loves to play soccer and is mistaken for a boy in the fourth book when her mom cuts all her hair off.

[edit] Secondary Characters

Main article: List of secondary characters in The Clique series

[edit] Inconsistencies

The Clique books are often criticized for their numerous inconsistencies, such as:

  • Derrick becoming Derek as the books progressed.
  • Kristen's eye color changing from aqua to green to blue.
  • Cam's hair color changing from black to golden brown.
  • Massie throwing away her original charm bracelet, but making several references to squeezing certain charms that were only on the one she threw away. (Book 9)
  • The original 'beta' in book one being Dylan, but then becoming Alicia in the later books.
  • Cam's brother Harris Fisher's Mustang switches between red and black.
  • In the first few books, Derek is the star forward, and then changed to the star goalie.
  • Strawberry goes from a redhead to a girl with pink hair.
  • Massie flipps her iPhone closed when in Dial L for Loser, she had a different phone.
  • In book 4, when Alicia asked why Josh would say that Kristen had a "bomb," she was interrupted by Claire, but in the next line, it was Massie speaking.
  • In Bratfest at Tiffany's, Dylan was talking about her summer with Ilana Slootskyia. But in the summer collection book about Dylan, the tennis star's name was Svetlana.
  • In the very first book, Dylan comments that her mom and sisters were making fun of her red lips after eating red cherries at the Briarwood stakeout. But ever since that book, no sisters have been mentioned, and when Dylan went to Hawaii with her mom, they didn't take Dylan's supposed sisters with them.