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The Clique #2
Best Friends for Never
In the second book starring Westchester County's most privileged middle schoolers, the Clique declares Massie a hero for hosting the first boy/girl Halloween party of 8th grade. Massie's already hired Landon Dorsey, the hottest party planner in the 9-1-4 area code, but her parents insist she has to invite the entire class. Unfortunately that means everyone. Layne is bummed that the boys will be there -- she IMs Claire that's so "DESPR8" -- as Claire wonders if maybe a boyfriend will make her happy.Meanwhile, Massie and the Clique are fighting over who gets to invite Derek Herrington. Dylan thought it was obvious that she was the one who danced all night with Derek at the OCD benefit last month, but says "Whatevs" when Kristen gets all weird about it. Fine, she can have him. He was a terrible dancer anyway and there will be tons of guys to choose from at the party....
197 pages, Paperback
First published October 4, 2004
About the author
Lisi Harrison
86 books2,743 followersLisi Harrison is the author of the #1 New York Times best-selling series "The Clique", "Alphas", "Monster High," Pretenders," and her first adult novel: "The Dirty Book Club" out 10.10.17. Lisi was born in Toronto, Canada, and lived in NYC for 15 years while she worked at MTV. She now lives in Laguna Beach, CA and is a member or her own Dirty Book Club.
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January 29, 2018
These books are addicting! I haven’t read the series since I was 14 or so, but I think I’m enjoying them even more than I did back then.
I told myself that I probably wouldn’t read the entire series, but that just might change.. I do feel a little embarrassed to be reading these at almost 25, but I keep telling myself, who cares? It’s a book. It’s meant to be read!
I told myself that I probably wouldn’t read the entire series, but that just might change.. I do feel a little embarrassed to be reading these at almost 25, but I keep telling myself, who cares? It’s a book. It’s meant to be read!
March 10, 2009
As you all know Massie has a perfect life, she has everything a girl wants. She thinks she has 3 best friends, Kristen, Alicia, and Dylan… But this is about to change, one of her best friends is going to become her worst enemy and her worst enemy is going to become one of her best friends. This spectacular, insanely entertaining book is filled with melodramatic conflicts, it is a book in which you will be over-blown by the circumstances talking place at there school, the most expensive school you will ever find: Octavian Country Day. The theme of this is that money doesn’t buy happiness, and that the most important thing is to be with the people that are really your friends in good times or in bad times. This author with her great word choice wants to show Massies´ widely ambitious towards money, and her great imagery makes you imagine it just like if you were there standing next to them for example. “The waxy rope handles on the shopping bags were digging into Massies´ hands, yet she found the pain exhilarating. The reddish purple grooves in the middle of her palms were like hard earned badges of honor, proof of shopping mission accomplished”. This superb imagery makes this book very suspenful and appealing, it’s a book every girl will like. This flawless book has an outstanding author Lisi Harrison, she will make your mind travel to OCD and experience what is it like to be part of “ The Clique” or… what is it like to try to be part of “The Clique”. It is book that will make you scream, laugh and have a amazing journey through the complicated life of Massie Block.
February 6, 2021
Y’all are gonna be seeing a lot more of this
June 11, 2008
Ouch does the title hurt. If you have read the first book, The Clique, you would know about the four girls in the Pretty Committee, and Claire Lyons, the girl who wants to be In. Things go sour for the two girls in the Pretty Committee, over a guy. It was always friends first ... right?
I liked this book, and all the other books in The Clique series. This one was special because it showed how the Pretty Committee fought each other in public and not only against everyone else in their school.
I recommend this book to all the girls out there who wants books that tell the truth. Every school is very cliquey, and every school has a "Most Popular" clique. Read this book and go inside the troubles that even the most "perfect" people have to go through.
I liked this book, and all the other books in The Clique series. This one was special because it showed how the Pretty Committee fought each other in public and not only against everyone else in their school.
I recommend this book to all the girls out there who wants books that tell the truth. Every school is very cliquey, and every school has a "Most Popular" clique. Read this book and go inside the troubles that even the most "perfect" people have to go through.
June 11, 2008
When I first picked up this book, I wasn't so sure that I wanted to read it anymore. The title kind of threw me off. Once I started reading it, though, I understood the title. All in all, this was a very good book. It's very realistic and I liked it better than the first book! :]
August 12, 2023
Anytime yall see me read one of this, look the other way.
October 6, 2024
If you saw me reading this, no you didn’t
✅ A childhood favorite (Book Club Bingo)
✅ A childhood favorite (Book Club Bingo)
June 23, 2021
I'm kind of hooked on this series now. This book was equally as trashy as the first one, but there were some pretty wholesome moments between Claire and Todd, and Massie and Claire. The drama in this one was a lot more stressful to read than the first, and overall, the book was pretty bad but so very addictive. A surprisingly large amount of stuff happened in this book so there was truly never a dull moment. Would I recommend this book? No, but I kind of love it.
January 17, 2024
Current state of the union
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Boy girl parties
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Reading books from your childhood
Boy girl parties
The pretty committee
Out
Pretending these books aren’t incredible when over a decade later they Still are
July 13, 2024
2024 reread
August 21, 2008
The story starts during Mr. Block's celebratory birthday dinner in which Todd Lyons spills grape juice all over Massie's skirt. Massie accuses Claire of repeating outfits and Claire retorts that this is perfectly normal, and that Massie should be ashamed that she buys new clothes everyday. Massie's mother agrees that she has not come in the door without a shopping bag since she was nine. The girls strike a deal in which Massie is not allowed to buy any clothes for a month and Claire is not allowed to re-wear anything in a month.The loser must wear all of Massie's ski gear including boots and such to school for a whole week. Meanwhile, the Pretty Committee is in danger of losing their spot on the popularity chain! They beat Becca Wilder to having a boy-girl Halloween party. Landon Dorsey, the best Westchester party-planner, has the theme of "When Hell Freezes Over" Much to Massie's chagrin, Claire is her co-host for the party because Massie struck a deal about it with her mother. The PC's costume idea is 'Dirty Devils', while Claire has decided to wear last years powerpuff girl costume. Massie is stuck in a rut of what to wear, so she brings the revealing costumes to school so the entire Pretty Committee can wear them. When a wannabee cuts her stomach trying to imitate the costumes, just as everyone else had, Adele, the nurse, notifies Ms. Burns, the principal. The girls end up wearing horrible outfits for the rest of the day from the lost and found but when they go to Massie's Halloween party romance is everywhere. Claire ends up wearing an old PowerPuff Girls costume but that doesn't stop her from flirting with Cam Fisher, who happens to be Massie's secret crush. Olivia Ryan comes back to Westchester after a nose job and she and Alicia and her become friends and end up flirting with everyone that night. Derrick Harrington is crushing on Massie, and Massie doesn't know about it. Kristen and Dylan fight for Derrick's feelings for a while. Derrick is called Derrington secretly by Massie. The name comes from a mix of his first and last name. The next school day Principal Burns announces that the school is going uniform because of the reavealing Dirty Devil costumes. Massie begs Pia, the design teacher, to let her design the costume. Pia and Principal Burns made it into a contest. Massie and Claire are both competing. Massie's maid, Inez, accidentally throws away Claire's and Massie's practice uniforms. Massie and Claire team up (with the consenus to end the bet) and use Dylan and Kristen to model for them. In the end Alicia's and Olivia's uniform wins but only because they cheated by switching the boxes filled with votes. Massie and the rest of the girls find out but decide to "stay in the weeds." Cam and Claire end up falling for each other, but Massie only knows that Cam likes someone. The book ends with Massie vowing to hunt down the girl, and finishing her.
July 27, 2024
a seventh grader gets a nose job & the gang has a boy-girl halloween party THIS is literature fr
February 28, 2020
A good book full a drama and other stuff
February 8, 2024
uniforms!!!!!!!!!!
October 21, 2022
Another smash hit. What a cliffhanger!
February 3, 2024
four stars because i read it in one sitting and cannot remember the last time i did that. also, nostalgia.
December 12, 2019
Ehh... still cringe, probably even more cringe than the first book.
June 17, 2009
book shout out!
well these series of books are really good. they are fition books but when you feel like you are really in side of the books. especailliy when there is suspense at the end of a page you just get anxious for the next page to turn so that you can see what happens next.with all the different characters:massie , clarie ,alicia , dylan , kristen and many more. they will be sure to keep you at the edge of your chair.some of my favorite parts being when claire was found under the bleachers by her boyfriend cam kissing another boy josh.it had alot of drama and invasion of the boy snacthers. but everybook so far that i read in this series has drama , good times and bad. even after one book of the book in the series was done a picture that stayed in my head was massie large house. this book helped me to treasure what i have and i will now know not to take people for graunteed. i recommend this book to someone who is open to read new things and also people who like drama , anxious seat edging books and also who like realistic fiction books.
dear , lisi harrison
i really adore your books and saying this might have been kind of diiferent being that i usually read books about kids who runaway and etc... but i just liked books that kept me on the edge of my seat. when i was first recommended this book i really liked it , and it kept me on the edge , for example when clarie was up in massies room on massies computer. i just kept on thinking will massie come back and catch her. but they are really just great books and i also love the way you end the book because it always has a sentence that makess you want to wonder whats going to happen next so i have to strive and anxiously wait to get the next book . right now i am reading sealed with a diss. but any way i just wanted to say that i love your books.
yours truly 1 tyra johnson
well these series of books are really good. they are fition books but when you feel like you are really in side of the books. especailliy when there is suspense at the end of a page you just get anxious for the next page to turn so that you can see what happens next.with all the different characters:massie , clarie ,alicia , dylan , kristen and many more. they will be sure to keep you at the edge of your chair.some of my favorite parts being when claire was found under the bleachers by her boyfriend cam kissing another boy josh.it had alot of drama and invasion of the boy snacthers. but everybook so far that i read in this series has drama , good times and bad. even after one book of the book in the series was done a picture that stayed in my head was massie large house. this book helped me to treasure what i have and i will now know not to take people for graunteed. i recommend this book to someone who is open to read new things and also people who like drama , anxious seat edging books and also who like realistic fiction books.
dear , lisi harrison
i really adore your books and saying this might have been kind of diiferent being that i usually read books about kids who runaway and etc... but i just liked books that kept me on the edge of my seat. when i was first recommended this book i really liked it , and it kept me on the edge , for example when clarie was up in massies room on massies computer. i just kept on thinking will massie come back and catch her. but they are really just great books and i also love the way you end the book because it always has a sentence that makess you want to wonder whats going to happen next so i have to strive and anxiously wait to get the next book . right now i am reading sealed with a diss. but any way i just wanted to say that i love your books.
yours truly 1 tyra johnson
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March 30, 2009I really liked The Clique sequel because it had even more drama than the last book. At the beginning I was kind of bored, but as I read on, the book got more and more hooked on it. I think that what first made it interesting for me was when Claire bets Massie that she can't go a month without shopping and Massie bets Claire that she can't go the same amount of time without repeating clothes. I think that the bet made both girls realize that it's not easy being like the other one and made them get along better. One character that I did not like in this book was Alicia because she started to turn her back on her friends and tries to start a new clique with Olivia. I also didn't like that Alicia cheated to win the uniform design contest. Something that I liked about the book is that it is very easy to relate with because it's about things that happen to real girls. For example, Kristen and Dylan both like the same guy and they get in a huge fight about him and Alicia backstabbing her friends are both things that many people have surely experienced. I think that overall, it is a very good book and I recommend it to anyone.
May 24, 2009
This book is pretty good. I must say it is not as good as the first and other books. In this book Massie decides that she should have her first BOY GIRL HALLOWEEN PARTY. Why... because Massie is ridiculously paraniod that she is not staying on the top of the "middle school pyramid." And of course Claire is still not apart of the Pretty Committie and completly un- wanted. But... of course Claire has to plan the party with Massie in order to have it. This book is a good sequal but it is not realy needed and if you want you could definatly skip it( I did at first and read the rest of the series I was fine. This book dose not realy do anything that might confuse you in the next one.) I hope you have GOOD READS
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May 11, 2009
This is the second book in the clique series. In this book the Massie (the leader f the clique) through a huge Halloween party. They meet boys, and fight over boys. When the girls in the clique wear their revealing costumes to school, they get busted. Will they get uniforms??? this is a good book.
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November 30, 2008
ok im gonna say this about every clique book
girlies ik they sound queer and stupid and blah blah blah but seriosley.....there actually.....i cant believe im saying this....SWEET! like 1nce u read 1 BAM! u get hooked
girlies ik they sound queer and stupid and blah blah blah but seriosley.....there actually.....i cant believe im saying this....SWEET! like 1nce u read 1 BAM! u get hooked
October 4, 2007
Another part of my beach vacation reading plans to pretend like I'm in high school again. Make that Junior High.
January 28, 2008
I read this with my friend at the same time. It was O.K. I really didn't like it as much as the other ones- it was good, but not great. It's more like a giant introduction for the next three books.
July 20, 2024
I really wanted to read something light, and I ended up reading this book in one sitting. Referring to my review of the first book, I am still undecided if I love or just like these books; but I absolutely enjoyed this book more than the first one. However, I had some of the same problems. Yucky references to body parts that do not propel the story and unnecessarily harmful comments about weight. But I will say they were much less frequent this time. There is also still my gripe about the characters being all white which just sucks for any readers who do not fit under this moniker. Besides that, what I enjoyed about the writing was reinforced in this book and was quite a pleasure to read. There was an even more surprising and engaging plot. I felt that the chapters were less unique to our two main characters but there was a much more seamless transition between their chapters. This was a welcome surprise considering how rocky and unfunny the first chapter was. Claire and Massie immediately did not like each other for apparently no reason after their connection in the first book, and while I understand they can still be mad at each other this felt very random. I do not think the author can or should pull this off again after this book. The girls acted their age and did things within that age range, no inappropriate relationships or actions. However, Clarie's younger brother Todd broke this wonderful part of the book. (I'm not even going to label this as a spoiler because it is so unnecessary and weird) he forces a kiss onto another character and constantly harasses her. The parents laugh this off because he is younger than her and while I agree that it is normal for such characters to develop crushes but the way he acted and even worse, the way others responded was not okay. I really hope that the author lets this plotline die. Overall, I really enjoyed this book and am glad to have read it. Despite my lack of interest in the first book I will be continuing the series.
September 13, 2023
This one is just kinda eh — it’s clear it’s becoming a longer series bc it feels like nothing really happened in this one. But like obviously still enjoyed and made me nostalgic but in a tummy ache kinda way
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July 6, 2022bOy DrAmA 🥴🤠😵💫 gotta love it!
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October 5, 2022massie was so real to say cam looked ah-dorable in his dark wash diesel jeans
May 19, 2023
Am I going through something?? Maybe.
December 11, 2023
onto the next
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