The Future of the Clique

Alyssa Cerwinski

3/1/12

Reagles 2^nd hour

The Future of the Clique

The Clique… the only thing harder than getting in is staying in. In the first two books of The Clique series by Lisi Harrison, this quote didn’t explain half as much as I think Revenge of the Wannabes, the third book of this series, will. Even though I am only on page 55, I think that Alicia will start her new clique and all the people on her dance team will be apart and also that either Kristen or Dylan will join as well.

First of all within the first few pages of Revenge of the Wannabes you can feel the tension whenever anyone talks about Massie to Alicia. She acts furious about how Massie is the “leader” and she goes unnoticed. If you were constantly compared to someone else, how would that make you feel? I know I would feel fed up and would just want to start over even if that means a whole new group of friends.

Another reasons why I think this is because when Meredith said, “Well you’re prettier [than Massie], you have a ton of friends, your clothes are all designer, the briarwood boys are in love with you and you’re an amazing dancer.” This gave Alicia hope and I think that is how she got the courage to host her own sleepover and start a revolution. With all of the girls on Alicia’s dance team telling her how amazing she is, she must have felt like she was Massie. That gave her an adrenaline rush to take control.

The final reason why I think that Dylan will choose Alicia over Massie is because on the back of the book it states that Dylan thinks Massie is up to no good.This made me wonder if the author was just saying that to throw me off or that Kristin will actually go to Alicia’s new group. The only reason why I think that Kristin will go to Alicia is because Kristin told Alicia out of all the four girls that she liked Derek from Briarwood...who Dylan also used to like.

It is true: staying in the clique is harder than getting in. Although, Alicia doesn't want to be "in" anymore. To be "in" has gotten to be too much work; having always to be perfect, to suck up to Massie, and to be friends only with Dylan, Kristen, and Massie created far too much pressure and drama. Alicia needed to start fresh to be released from Massie's grip.