Glitter Girls and the Great Fake Out (Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls, No. 5) [Hardcover]

Meg Cabot (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up

Allie's back with a brand-new set of rules!

Allie plans on having the best weekend ever when she finds out Erica's sister Missy is in the regional Twirltacular baton competition-until Allie's mom announces that she has to go to Brittany Hauser's birthday party instead. But Allie doesn't even like Brittany Hauser, nor does she want to go to a party with Brittany and all her snobby friends.

But when Allie finds out Brittany's party includes taking a stretch limo to Glitterati, the store of the girls' dreams, and spending the night at a deluxe hotel suite, she decides maybe Brittany's not so bad after all.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Tempted by the allure of attending a glamorous birthday party (limo ride, sleepover in a fancy hotel) in honor of a girl she detests, Allie disappoints her friends, who expect her to join them at the local Little Miss Majorette Baton Twirling Twirltacular. And worse, she lies to them about it. Fine-tuned to the nuances of human relations and self-justification, Cabot creates another eminently readable, first-person narrative in the lively Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls series. Readers will feel Allie’s strong, if mixed, emotions right up to the satisfying ending. The latest helpful list of “Rules for Girls,” is appended. Grades 3-5. --Carolyn Phelan

Review

Praise for Allie Finkle: "In Cabot's first foray into novels for kids who are still in single digits, her trademark frank humor makes for compulsive reading...Allie is funny, believable, and plucky." -Publishers Weekly, starred review "Your new rule? This book must be read...now!" -Discovery Girls "Meet the most likable heroine since Pippi Longstocking..." -Copley News Service "Allie will appeal to children who enjoyed reading about Ramona, Amber Brown, Junie B., and the other feisty girls found in beginning chapter books. This novel proves that the master of young adult popular fare is able to adapt her breezy style for a younger audience." -School Library Journal "Offering a new series for preteens, Meg Cabot brings her signature ear for dialogue to a younger group, and she gets 4th grade right." -Chicago Tribune "Cabot's winning tone and characterizations will make Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls a surefire hit with its target audience as well as parents who care to provide their children with role models you can't find in other media created for this age group. Long live Allie Finkle!" -Kidsreads.com

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Press; 1 edition (March 16, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0545040477
• ISBN-13: 978-0545040471
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 6.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #577,918 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I write! Books for you, your sister, your best friend, your mother . . . . even for men with good taste!

Most of my time is spent over at my website, http://megcabot.com, so be sure to stop by!

UK, New Zealand, and Australia fans, visit http://www.megcabot.co.uk.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Figuring Out Who Your Real Friends Are, Via Trial and Error, April 26, 2010

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Rachel Kramer Bussel "Cupcakes Take the Cake ... (New York City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Glitter Girls and the Great Fake Out (Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls, No. 5) (Hardcover)

SPOILERS. Allie Finkle likes to play by the rules, and she has a lot of them. But here, even though she pretty much knows that she's breaking a rule of being a good friend, she justifies it and makes up a few lies along the way to get out of going to Little Miss Majorette Baton Twirling Twirltacular, a phrase that gets repeated many, many times in this book, in order to go to the birthday party of a girl, Brittany, from her old school who she doesn't like all that much, but wants to ride in a limo and go to Glitterati and stay in a fancy hotel. Every step of the way, she's torn, but goes for the glamour only to find it's not so glamorous. Allie comes off both charming and a little whiney at moments, but Cabot does a great job of painting Brittany as a mean girl (she calls Allie's outfit "dumb," then denies she ever said it) who makes Allie the butt of all her jokes (and potential pranks).

Allie gets a chance to redeem herself, but some of her actions do come across as selfish, and though it takes her a while to realize that and rectify them, she shares both her moral dilemma, her excitement over the party and, of course, all sorts of rules, some applicable to girls' lives, some speciifc to Allie's world. There were times I found Allie too repetitive, but overall this was a cute, quick read with a message.

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book for young girls!, March 22, 2011

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Dr. Bee - See all my reviews

This review is from: Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls Book 5: Glitter Girls and the Great Fake Out (Mass Market Paperback)

This is another installment of the Allie Finkel series. Delightful and very relevant to 8-10 year old girls. Very fun for grown ups as well

5.0 out of 5 stars A "LOL" good hearted story., January 15, 2011

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This review is from: Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls #5: Glitter Girls and the Great Fake Out (Kindle Edition)

This book is adorable and heartwarmimg story. This book mde me laugh so hard at parts. Meg Cabot truly welcomes you into The life of Alie Finkle. You truly get a taste of reality, which is a great change of pace from the typical story. I would not reccomend it for kids under eight years.