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The V Club

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What a cute, funny novel - and that means a lot coming from an adult reading a teen novel. Yet, the plot intrigued me from the get go and I couldn't resist. Call it a guilty pleasure.

Revolving around four best friends, the story finds Mandy, Kai, Debbie, and Eva vying for a unique $160,000 scholarship, one that requires its applicants to be "pure." The problem is that everyone, including school personnel, are stumped on the purity portion. How can you judge who's really pure?

To answer this burning question, Mandy (with her friends' help) brings The V Club to life - an organization uplifting the virtues of virginity. Yet all four girls are keeping secrets that could dismantle the club before it even gets off the ground.

With all these secrets, tensions are flaring. Through it all though, the girls learn valuable lessons in friendship and what it means to pure at heart ... and that's where it really counts.

one of the greatest books i have evcer read. it discusses almost every topic imaginable. one of the reasons i loved this book was because it discussed sex and what can happen after you have it. Mandy did it for the wrong reason and this book can show girls the bad effects of having sex. it showed how girls can work hard to get what they want. it shows how firends help friends out when their in bad situations. it shows how doing things another person wants you to do can hurt you. this book show inspiration, determination, and much more. it's easy to read and discusses all sorts of types of situations. it was really inspiring.

The V-Club(virginity club) starts when Mrs. Treemont suddenly passes away and leaves behind a mysterious scholarship. The Treemont Scholarship requires that you "exemplify purity of soul and body" in order to recieve it. Becaus of this scholarship, four friends, Eva, Debbie, Mandy, and Kai, must learn how to deal with the problems in their lives. They all want, and need, the scholarship for there own secret perosnal reasons. In her book " The V-Club", Kate Brian tells a intriguing story about the crazy lives of four best friends who compete with each other for a scholarship that requires them to expain why they think that they are pure enough to recieve it. This is a very funny, but serious book, relatable to "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants", that helps you to understand what most all teenage girls in high school go through every day. It lets you understand just how hard it is for teenage girls to juggle boys, family, and school, while still trying to take care of themselves. Brian tells a profound story that's up-to-date, and unpredictable, which any girl can relate to.

The V Club

By: Kate Brian

The V Club by Kate Brian was an exemplary book. It all starts when a very wealthy woman named Victoria A. Treemont passes and leaves a $160,000 scholarship fund to one student that meets her standards at Ardsmore High. In order to receive the scholarship you have to be smart and well rounded just like any other scholarship but there is a catch. In the scholarship it says you have to be "pure". All the kids are nervous about what she means by the word "pure" but most of them think she means you have to be a virgin. The counselor tells people that want to be scouted for the scholarship to go to the counselor to tryout. The four friends Mandy, Kai, Debbie, and Eva are trying out. Everyone is wondering why Mandy is trying out because everyone knows she filthy rich. People are wondering why Debbie is trying out because no one believes she is "pure." Kai is a volley ball player and no one thinks she will need a scholarship because she'll get it on athletics. Eva is the only one that anyone believes will have a chance 1) because Eva is definitely "pure" and 2) because Eva is very intelligent. But is Mandy so rich? Is Debbie "un pure?" is Kai pure at all? Find out when you read the book it's full of surprises. I recommend that children 11 and up should read this book, but you should be mature enough to read it so know your maturity level. Mostly girls should read this book.

The writing style of this book is really different. The author took time to let you know how each girl is feeling and what she's going through and you know a lot things about the characters before the other characters do. For instance, "I think you should withdraw your name consideration" Mandy said. "Why don't you?" Kai demanded. "It's not like you need it." "How do you know what I need!?" Mandy said before she could rethink it. "You have no idea what's going on with me!"... "Well, maybe there's stuff I'm not telling you because it's none of your business." I really like the theme of this book. I have never read a book with the same plot and the theme is not commonly used.

I think this book was delightful. It was full of surprises and mystery. It had a lot of good points. Anyone of any sex can read this book. I would recommend it for girls though because of the content. Children that are mature can read this but I recommend it for children ages 11 and up.

A. Arrington

The V Club is started when a group of high school students vie for a scholarship to be awarded to someone on the basis of "purity," among other things. What does that mean? No one knows for certain, but friends Mandy, Kai, Debbie and Eva think it may be about virginity.

In the same style as the popular SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS by Ann Brashares, this story follows the four girls on a rotating basis so readers see their points of view individually. They each need the scholarship for college in the fall and grapple with certain issues.

Mandy was just getting ready to take things with her long-term boyfriend to the next level. Kai may or may not belong in the V Club (she's not saying), but why does the presence of ex-boyfriend Andres cause her such pain? Debbie is known as a tease, but dating several guys does not make her promiscuous, does it? She is also trying to get her father to understand that she doesn't want to study math and science, but rather fashion design. Would he pay for that or even accept it? And Eva --- she's sweet, nice and smart, but still waters run deep. Eva has it bad for the fabulous Riley --- but does he want Debbie like the rest of them?

THE V CLUB takes this likeable cast and intertwines them in a plot with many surprises. Rather than identifying with a certain character, readers will be more likely to find that there is some of each of the girls in themselves. This book is not about sexuality --- it's about wanting to grow up and knowing when you are (or are not) ready to do so.

--- Reviewed by Amy Alessio

Wow! I'm really surprised by the number of negative reviews of this book by my fellow Readers. Yes, it's not great literature, but it's definitely a page-turner. Brian writes with an engaging and charming style that mirrors the interactions of modern-day teens. I enjoyed it (though it seems more of a "chick" book) and would recommend it.

However, it seems many of my fellow Readers downgraded the book for two reasons: 1) realism and 2) sex.

First off, the book never purports to be a documentary. How "realistic" is Anderson's "Speak"? Rowling's "Harry Potter" series? Hinton's "Outsiders"? Yet, all are popular w/teen readers. The four main characters are representative of groups/cliques many students encounter at their school every day. I never once assumed they were "real" people, nor did the fact that they weren't "real" detract from my enjoyment of the book.

As to the sex: Be warned! THERE IS A SEX SCENE IN THE BOOK. One of the chracters in a moment of vulnerability gives in to her boyfriend's pressure to have sex. There isn't anything graphic. In fact, it kind of reminded me of those Doris Day/Rock Hudson movies where they are laying on the bed and then there is a flash-forward to the next morning. I know some people can get squeemish talking about teens and sex; however, the book does a great job in presenting the REALITY that there is peer pressure to have sex, that some teens actually want to save themselves for marriage, that abstinence should be respected (even applauded). In a day and age where the sexualization of teens is taken for granted (eg, Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Hillary Duff), I find it refreshing that someone wrote a book advocating that teens should enjoy their childhood (and not leap so quickly into "adulthood").

The V Club

By: Kate Brian

The V Club by Kate Brian was an exemplary book. It all starts when a very wealthy woman named Victoria A. Treemont passes and leaves a $160,000 scholarship fund to one student that meets her standards at Ardsmore High. In order to receive the scholarship you have to be smart and well rounded just like any other scholarship but there is a catch. In the scholarship it says you have to be "pure". All the kids are nervous about what she means by the word "pure" but most of them think she means you have to be a virgin. The counselor tells people that want to be scouted for the scholarship to go to the counselor to tryout. The four friends Mandy, Kai, Debbie, and Eva are trying out. Everyone is wondering why Mandy is trying out because everyone knows she filthy rich. People are wondering why Debbie is trying out because no one believes she is "pure." Kai is a volley ball player and no one thinks she will need a scholarship because she'll get it on athletics. Eva is the only one that anyone believes will have a chance 1) because Eva is definitely "pure" and 2) because Eva is very intelligent. But is Mandy so rich? Is Debbie "un pure?" is Kai pure at all? Find out when you read the book it's full of surprises. I recommend that children 11 and up should read this book, but you should be mature enough to read it so know your maturity level. Mostly girls should read this book.

The writing style of this book is really different. The author took time to let you know how each girl is feeling and what she's going through and you know a lot things about the characters before the other characters do. For instance, "I think you should withdraw your name consideration" Mandy said. "Why don't you?" Kai demanded. "It's not like you need it." "How do you know what I need!?" Mandy said before she could rethink it. "You have no idea what's going on with me!"... "Well, maybe there's stuff I'm not telling you because it's none of your business." I really like the theme of this book. I have never read a book with the same plot and the theme is not commonly used.

I think this book was delightful. It was full of surprises and mystery. It had a lot of good points. Anyone of any sex can read this book. I would recommend it for girls though because of the content. Children that are mature can read this but I recommend it for children ages 11 and up.

So the plot isn't so realistic; some of the twists made me roll my eyes. But girls will identify with the characters, and it's a pretty accurate depiction of what life is like for a group of friends in high school. A fun read, but pretty fluffy. Don't expect literature, but Kai, at least, will keep you amused. She's got a tongue on her, that girl!

The V Club by Kate Brian was an amazing book that I thoroughly enjoyed. It covered subjects that are true and that most girls will go through in their high school lives, even though they won't come up in the exact way that they did in the book. Not every girl will compete with her four best friends for a scholarship worth $160,000, but she will most definitely compete with her friends over something. Girls will also not question if they want to lose their virginity in the way that Kai, Mandy, Debbie, and Eva have, but they will most likely question it at one time in their life.

This book is about a woman by the name of Victoria A. Treemont who gives away a scholarship worth $160,000 dollars, and bases the winnings on someone who has "exemplified purity of soul, body, and mind". This is taken by the town that whoever will win the Treemont Scholarship must be a virgin. But some of the candidates don't take it that way. Even if they are a virgin, they think that the scholarship is meant for someone who has made the right choices in life, and has done a lot for other people as much as they had done for themselves. So, the group of girls consisting of Kai, Eva, Mandy, and Debbie decided to apply for the Treemont Scholarship.

This competition tested the relationship between each other, and made them question the purity of themselves. With Kai's dark secret, was she good enough for this scholarship? Was Eva going to be able to make herself happy, and was winning the scholarship going to do it for her? How was Mandy going to choose between trusting her boyfriend and her chances at Princeton? And was Debbie's reputation and her dad's wishes going to keep her away from her fashion dreams? Let's just say that it all turns out good in the end, but you'll have to read it to see.

The V Club is a wonderful novel about finding your own way and doing what is right for you. From the buding designer whose father wants nothing more than for her to be a scientist, to the girl who lost her virginity years ago. Each of the four girls must find their way in the tough times of getting into the school of their choice.