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It's Not Easy Being Mean: A Clique Novel

by Lisi Harrison

Cliques, status, and competing ambitions

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Cliques, status, and competing ambitions

The novel brings several strands of middle-school social life together: Massie’s search for a hidden room and the prestige attached to it, Kristen’s struggle to keep soccer on her own terms, and Alicia’s efforts to turn gossip into access. Dylan’s body-image concerns and Claire’s growing demands as a young actress add pressures that extend beyond the clique itself. Across these storylines, belonging and social standing intersect with friendship, ambition, and the costs of trying to fit a group’s expectations.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens interested in friendship groups and peer pressure
  • Readers who enjoy ensemble stories about school social life
  • Readers curious about characters balancing popularity with sports or entertainment ambitions

Themes

Peer pressure and belongingPopularity and statusFriendship and ambitionBody image and media pressures

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Book overview

Massie Block: Getting back into Octavian Country Day was a piece of sugar-free cake, compared to Massie's next goal-finding the key that unlocks an ah-mazing legendary secret room at OCD! Alpha eighth grader Skye Hamilton and her clique have stashed the key in the bedroom of one mystery Briarwood boy, but who? Whoever finds the key gets access to the secret room for an entire year and the prestige that comes along with it. But what happens when LBR Layne seems to be getting closer? This is way more than a matter of life or death, it's a matter of in or out!
Kristen Gregory: Always been a star on the soccer field, but her style gets majorly cramped when her friends are forced to join the team. They better start kicking those soccer balls or Kristen's going to start kicking some . . . !
Alicia Rivera: Uses her skills as a gossip reporter to scheme her way into the rooms of all the Briarwood hotties!
Dylan Marvil: Heard depression makes people lose weight. Is hoping for some sad news soon because she's popping donut holes the way some people pop Tic-Tacs.
Claire Lyons: Being famous isn't all it's cracked up to be! Her agent confiscates her gummies, and forces her to do some very bad things to make her more "edgy." Worst of all, her constant meetings with lawyers and movie execs are eating into her time with the P.C. and with Cam! Is being a Hollywood starlet worth the Gucci-high price tag?

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