Lizabeth Zindel’s second book is every bit as good as her first. It’s like Mean Girls on the printed page, only not quite as obvious in its “… and the moral of the story is!”
Also, we can all take a sigh of relief upon noting that there is no Lindsay Lohan in this book. But of course, we can also sob uncontrollably upon realizing that Tina Fey doesn’t make an appearance, either.
Okay, down to the meat of it: The story goes something like this. Our heroine, Maggie, moves from Jersey to NYC when her parents split. It’s not exactly a happy parting for anyone, either; Maggie’s dad is barely speaking to her when the story opens. But then she starts school at Berkeley Prep, where everyone is super-rich and super-chic. She starts out as a loner (of course), but is soon adopted by the most popular of popular gals (of course).
Everything is going swimmingly until … well. Things start to get messy — really messy. I’ll give you three guesses as to how.
It’s a good read, and it reminds me not only of Mean Girls, but also of a slightly preppier version of The Rise and Fall of a 10th Grade Social Climber by Lauren Mechling and Laura Moser. Since I absolutely adore both Mean Girls and Social Climber, I can’t help but give this tome the thumbs up.
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Oooo, I can’t wait to read this book!!!
Great review! I love Mean Girls as well. And I read another book recently that was similar to Mean Girls as well, but for the life of me, can’t remember the title right now, lol.
This book was awesome!