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Bratfest at Tiffany's (The Clique #9)

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I was so excited when book 9 of the Clique series finally came out. Bratfest at Tiffany's will not disappoint Clique fans. It is perhaps the best one yet!
This book entertains us with stories of what happens when the Briarwood boys invade OCD. (think back to the end of book 8 when the wave pool destroyed their school, forcing the boys to attend school at OCD.) Nothing is the same for the NPC- not even their beloved cafe! With the boyfast in full-swing, the NPW- minus Alcica- are forced from the main building to attend class in overflow trailers. The NPC in a smelly, unstylish trailer filled with LBRs? Truly an entertaining read!
There are also some unanswered questions about Florida, Massie's purple hair streak, a confidentiality contract, and a shark-tooth necklace....perhaps to be answered in the Clique Summer Collection?
I am a middle school teacher who has turned so many girls onto reading by introducing them to the Clique series. Lisi Harrison's books are well-written, fun, sophisiticated, yet very age-appropriate.

For the pretty committee, eighth grade is a living nightmare. After the pool accident at Briarwood academy the boys are forced to attend Octavian Country Day school with the girls. Massie feels betrayed, the boys are the new alpha and everyone but the pretty committee worships them, so Massie comes up with an idea/rule that all of the members of the pretty committee must follow; The pretty committee is now the new pretty committee, and that means that anyone who is caught crushing on a boy gets the boot. This is especially hard for Massie's beta; Alicia Rivera who is absolutely and completely in love with Josh hotz, who likes her just as much as she likes him. Josh and Alicia come up with a plan to stop Massie from realizing their togetherness. Of course, being the alpha that she is Massie sees right through it, and Alicia gets kicked out of the NPC. In the end Massie drops the ban on boys and welcomes Alicia back to the PC after some major mooching on Alicia's part!

A guilty pleasure for middle-school girls, this shallow, mean and funny novel skewers the 8th grade world in the same way Sex and the City does ours, though without the adult overtones. The catty, fashion-obsessed girls of the New Pretty Committee are like PG-rated versions of Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte. Their "ehmagawd" adventures are addictive.

This latest Clique novel -- the 9th in the series -- starts with alpha leader Massie declaring a "boyfast" for the group. None of the girls can crush on a boy, or face expulsion from the NPC, and certain LBR status. LBR? Loser Beyond Repair.

With tongue firmly in cheek, author Lisi Harrison slips in endless pop references and brand names. When Massie gets upset with herself, she gets "snippier than Katie Holmes' hairdresser in 2007."

As long as girls take it all with a grain of salt, they'll love this little comic treasure.

I was so excited to read this! Overall I would say that it is a pretty good book. The only thing I didn't like is that the author kept hinting around what happened in the summer before the school year started, since the summer is covered in 5 seperate books that won't come out until later, it kind of annoyed me...other than that awesome!

The Pretty Committee is back and ready to become the alphas of the eighth grade. OCD --- that is, Octavian Country Day --- had better be ready.

Except that OCD is no more. It has been replaced by BOCD. The local boys' school, Briarwood, has joined forces with OCD because their school has flooded. Massie and her girls are worried that the boys will automatically become the school's new alphas just because the OCD girls will be too boy crazy for them not to. So Massie devises a plan: the Pretty Committee will become the New Pretty Committee, and she, Dylan, Kristen, Alicia and Claire pledge to be on a boyfast all year. They will let no boy tear them away from the more important things in life --- fashion, beauty, and each other. Massie even has Tiffany's charm bracelets made for each NPC member so they won't forget their pledge.

However, staying away from boys is harder than it sounds --- especially for Alicia and Claire. Alicia has a crush on Josh, who likes her back, and Claire can't figure out how to make her ex, Cam, jealous without it looking like she's interested in him.

To make matters worse, BOCD just isn't big enough to hold everyone from two schools. So a handful of students are sent to the "overflow trailers," yucky portables that function as one-room schoolhouses, keeping Massie, Dylan, Kristen and Claire (but not Alicia!) away from the rest of the school. Leave it to the NPC to find a way to make over not only the trailers, but the undesirable students who cohabitate them.

BRATFEST AT TIFFANY'S is another clever Clique novel, with accented dialogue (Massie's "Oh my Gawd" begins to get on your nerves, but it's cutely inserted into every word with that vowel sound) and trademark insult-questions ("Do you work for an American Airlines counter?"/"No"/"Then why are you checking our bags?"). Although not as re-readable as the beginning of the series was (the NPC, even if revamped, just doesn't seem to be growing), this ninth installment is perfect for a quick beach read.

--- Reviewed by Sarah Hannah Gómez

Now OCD has become BOCD! The boys change everything. So instead of making this a chance to flirt with the boys and get their ex's back, Massie has comes up with the NPC. The New Pretty Committee, the one on a boyfast. Another one of Massie's crazy ideas.

Can Massie stick to the boyfast herself or will she have to kick herself out of the exclusive group?

Alicia is finally getting a chance with Josh Hotz, but will it all be ruined by Massie latest scheme? Or will she be caught?

Dylan is ready to give up on boys. Will she be able to help the girls stay together?

Kristen turned into a total surfer chick over the summer. Will the others approve?

Claire still can not stop thinking about Cam. Exactly what she did all summer. But now he has a new girlfriend, and that doesn't make her very happy. What will she do to get him attracted to her again?

And with an entire school of boys at OCD, where are all these people going to fit? How will the problems be solved? And maybe the "solution" is just the start of more problems.

This is the one group of girls I love reading about, but also laugh at because of all the stupid things they do. It's fun to watch them make huge mistakes, but they always come back in a BIG way!

Reviewed by: Taylor Rector

Welcome to a world of totally unbelievable, un-endearing, and very annoying characters. Welcome to the Clique Series. Bratfest At Tiffany's is the story of a group of girls who are known as the Pretty Committee and are the rulers of their school; that is until the boys show up. Back after a summer vacation apart the girls are ready to be the top dogs once again but due to an accident at the private boys school the boys are now joining the girls, officially making them the leaders of the school. Of course in this petty teen book this means that something must be done or else (gasp) the Pretty Committee will become Losers Beyond Repair. So the leader and the most unbelievable of the five, Massie, declares that no one in the group can date, crush on, or so much as look at a boy unless they want to be kicked out of the devilish group. Unfortunately 3 out of the 5 of the Pretty Committee either want to hook up with a guy, make another one jealous, or get back together with a former boyfriend. This begins the foolish arguments, unrealistic adventures, and boring tale of Bratfest at Tiffany's. This book was a total waste of time because of how not relatable and not likable the characters were. I could never appreciate the book because of how poorly written it was and I hated the plotline that dragged on throughout the book. Overall this book was an absolute disaster, I am begging you not to read this trash! Horrendous characters, writing, and plotline leave this book with not a lot of good things. Pass on this chick flick and grab a different one instead.

Grade: D+

With the boyfast firmly in place, Massie Block and crew prepare for the invasion of the Briarwood boys after the destruction of their wavepool drowns their school.

Massie hands out gorgeous necklaces at the beginning of the semester to remind The Clique to remain boy-free, after their humiliating experiences last semester. Unfortunately, this isn't much of a challenge, as most of their crushes seem to have moved on to new OCD girls.

No matter, The Clique can't be held down by circumstance, and when they (except Alicia) get moved to a funky trailer to make room for the boys, they make the best of it and manage to make even their LBR (Loser Beyond Repair) schoolmates seem somewhat cool. But even though the boyfast is supposedly going strong, each girl has some boy interest that jeopardizes her membership in the NPC (New Pretty Committee).

How will Massie and crew come out on top (you know they will)? Read this guilty-pleasure book and find out.

I luh-ved this book. i loved it so much, that i was sad when it ended because i want to read what happens next. You have to get this book, because it is one of the best books in the series. The New Pretty Comittee declare a boyfast, and anyone caught crushing on a boy would be out of the NPC forever. But Massie meets a new boy, Alicia hangs out with Josh, Kristen is wearing a necklace that a guy gave her, and Claire is caught jealously-flirting with a boy trying win Cam back (who moved on to a new gorgeous girl). Dylan is the only one who has a secure spot in the NPC. Ofcourse Massie meets MAP (maximum alpha potential), always 2 steps ahead of the game, impossible to keep up with. But how can she dominate 8th grade alpha style with out breaking boy's hearts? Read to find out ;). I recommend this book, so you should run and get ASAP!

it's pretty much like the other eight books... it gets a little boring, but it is a really good book.