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Violence
None
No violence
Language
Barely any
Mild language; tween social register
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
The mild psychological intensity of middle school social hierarchies and exclusion — Massie's power plays are recognizable and occasionally uncomfortable for the reader
What this book is about
Lisi Harrison's first Clique novel establishes Massie Block as the queen bee of a private school clique in Westchester, and follows the social chaos when Claire Lyons's family temporarily moves into Massie's guesthouse. Harrison writes middle-grade social drama with genuine wit; the social cruelty is real but appropriate to the tween register. The Clique series is notable for its accurate depiction of middle school social hierarchy. Appropriate for tween readers.
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