Book Review

The eighth novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series about Westchester County's most exclusive private middle school girls.

Massie Block: Massie is the uncontested ruler of The Clique and the rest of the social scene at Octavian Country Day, an exclusive private school in Westchester County, NY.
Claire Lyons: Has finally arrived! She's in the Clique and adored by super-cute Briarwood boy Cam. But will she be able to stay in Massie's inner circle?
Alicia Rivera: As sneaky as she is beautiful, Alicia would love to take Massie's throne one day. She just might do it.
Dylan Marvil: Divides her time between sucking up to Massie and sucking down Atkin's shakes to try to get rid of the extra fifteen pounds that won't seem to leave her butt alone.
Kristen Gregory: She's smart, hardworking and will insult you to tears faster than you can say "scholarship kid."

The Clique...The only thing harder than getting in is staying in.

Grade 5-8–Claire Lyons moves with her parents from Florida to wealthy Westchester County, NY. Until they can get settled, the family stays in the guest house of Mr. Lyons's college buddy, who happens to have a daughter who is also in seventh grade. Expected to welcome her, Massie instead chooses to make Claire's life miserable for no other reason than she's the new girl. Massie enlists her clique of friends at Octavian Country Day School, all part of the beautiful and popular crowd, to help with the harassment, which ranges from catty comments on Claire's clothes to spilling red paint on her white jeans in a conspicuous spot. Tired of it all, Claire tries to fight back, but then the abuse worsens. The book has trendy references kids will love, including Starbucks in the school, designer clothes, and PalmPilots for list making. However, this trendiness doesn't make up for the shallowness of the characters or the one-dimensional plot. Nor is the cruelty of the clique redeemed with any sort of a satisfying ending. The conclusion leaves one with the feeling that a sequel is in the works. Amy Goldman Koss's The Girls (Dial, 2000) shows the same cruelty of girls with a more realistic story and resolution.–Diana Pierce, Running Brushy Middle School, Cedar Park, TX

Good book for teens.
This book is a good book for all teens but especially for teens that suffer with the whole clique's in school type thing. Highly recommended!

The Lead Role

I definitely recommend this book, but only for some people. It is definitely a book for teenagers and mainly girls, because in this page turner many things that occur are rather girly! I would love to read another book by this author because in all of the other books I have read by Lisi Harrison I love her style of writing. I feel that the plot in this story was kind of hard to believe, but then I realized in this world there are people who are like Massie, Alicia, Kristen, Claire and Dylan. In conclusion Dial "L" for Loser had to have been one of the funniest book I have ever read.

THE BEST ONE YET!
DIAL L FOR LOSER
LISI HARRISON
Dial L For Loser is a great teen read. It starts off with the girls just hanging out and talking about going to Hollywood to see the stars of a new movie called Dial L For Loser. But Dylan and Kristen (2 Clique members) are stuck at home after being grounded because they were expelled from ODC (Octavian Country Day--Middle School). So Massie (the leader of the Clique) and Claire (trying hard to impress the Clique) beg and finally get granted the permission to go, along with Alicia (a Clique member).
When they get to Hollywood they cause a ruckus and make one of the actresses quit. Then they start auditioning for the movie, and Claire gets the part. So out of jealousy, Massie and Alicia play mean tricks on Claire. But while Claire is acting Miss Hollywood, she finds out that there is trouble ahead of her at home. This realistic fiction book grabs you and won't let you stop reading!
I love how this book tells a real story about girls that are about my age and what they are going through. This book also has lots of cliff hangers and is hard to put down! The only bad thing about this book is that these girls are in 7th grade and some of the stuff that happens doesn't seem realistic for a 7th grader.
The author, Lisi Harrison has also written many other books including The Clique, Best Friends for Never, Revenge of the Wannabes, Invasion of the Boy Snatchers, and the Pretty Committee Strikes Back.

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Posted: 06/13/2007  Popularity: 161