LCE 6th grade Electronic Book Review Form

1. Student Reviewer’s Name: Angela C.
2. Date of review of book: February 25, 2008
3. Complete Book Title: Clique Series: It’s Not Easy Being Mean
4. Author of Book: Lisi Harrison
5. Year the book was published: 2007
6. Genre: Realistic Fiction
7. Student rating of the book (1 the highest, 5 the lowest): 4

8. Main conflict in the book: Massie Block and her best friends, Kristen, Alicia, Dylan, and Claire are on a search for a key to a “hidden room” at their school. If they find the key, then they win a private room for themselves throughout their eighth grade year at OCD. Unfortunately, other girls from their school are on the search for the key too. So Massie and her friends have to try really hard for it.

9. Setting of the book: (place and time)
Octavian Country Day School. (OCD) April-May

10. Main Characters and part they play in the book:
(1)Massie Block

(2) Alicia Rivera

(3) Dylan Marvil

(4) Kristen Gregory

(5) Claire Lyons

11. Are the characters believable and interesting?
Yes, they are because they are all middle school students and not fantasy characters.

12. One excellent direct quotation from the book: (include who said it, page number, and
quotation marks!) “I.Have.What.You.Want.” –Claire (pg.150)

13. Good reasons to read the book:
If you like reading realistic fiction books, then I highly recommend this book. It has you wanting to read more and more after each page. I think the ending is great, because it ties up the story. If you read this book, then you should read the whole Clique series by Lisi Harrison. Massie and her friends are fun and exciting to read about throughout the book.

14. Any reasons not to read the book?
If you don’t like reading about real life situations, then I recommend you not to read this book. Also, if you don’t like to read about finding things throughout a book, then I don’t recommend this book for you, so you should pick up another book to read.

15. Did you like this book or not? And why….
Yes I liked this book because I like reading fun books. This book made me want to read the whole thing without stopping because it had a lot of intensity. Massie and her friends really deserved the room because they knew a lot about the school and the people in it. It was interesting to read about a group of friends and their encounters while they were searching for the room key.