Post 5

1. The Clique by Lisi Harrison (continued)
2. The main idea of this section is about Claire trying to find a group of friends at OCDS. She is trying to find out how she can fit in without having Massie try to make her life miserable.
3. One major detail is that Massie does whatever she can in her power in order to keep Claire from making any friends, and another major detail is that Claire meets some girls in which she starts to bond with.
4. A minor detail that happened was that Massie's friend put paint on the back of Claire's white jeans, and another minor detail is that Claire got invited to Massie's sleepover, but against Massie' choice.
5. in past blog
6. In the beginning of the section I read this week, Massie left Claire to find her own way around the school. Claire had her first class with two of Massie's friends. She ended up being late to that class, which was an art class. The teacher told her to sit next to Alicia who was saving a seat for Kristen. Kristen realized she had no seat, and had to sit in front of the teacher's desk. They had 15 minutes to paint a still life of tomatoes. Alicia had a plan to get Claire out of their group and she asked to borrow some of Claire's red paint. Of course Claire said yes, because she wanted to be accepted by Massie's friends. Alicia "lost her balance" on her way up from borrowing Claire's paint and got red paint on the back of Claire's white jeans. She didn't notice, but Alicia knew she had done it. The teacher told Claire to go to the nurse, but wouldn't tell her why. So she started to go to the nurse, and ran into Alicia and Kristen who gave her wrong directions on purpose. They sent Claire to the photography class dark room. She goes to the nurse finally which is by the front office, and ends up having to change her clothes because her pants were ruined. At lunch, Claire tried to figure out who she would sit wth because Massie and her friends were at the only table with just four chairs. Claire ended up finding a group of girls to sit with. She went over and introduced herself and she started to ge to know them. She told a little white lie and said that she is Massie's new friend to get them to like her. Plus everyone at the school knew that Massie and her friends ruled the school. Claire thought that it is better to be a liar than a loser. Then Claire ended up making plans with one of her new friends Layne. Massie's mother Kendra invited Claire over for Massie's sleepover that she has every weekend with her friends. Claire didn't want to go, but then again she did. She ended up making up an excuse to not hang out with Layne, and she went to Massie's sleepover. At first, Claire felt left out but as the night was just beginning she tried to make the best of it.
7. Yes, I would still recommend this book to someone. I think that it is very interesting and the book talks about how someone is trying to fit in. I think that people often deal with this everyday. They try to fit in, and be accepted. That is exactly what Claire is trying to do, be accepted and fit in especially since she knows no one. She does everything to make the best out of the things that happen to her. The new girls just don't want to let her in. The language they use is different than what Claire knows. They talk up about everything, and Claire has no clue what people are talking about half of the time. They talk about designers and other things that Claire who has just had an ordinary life has never heard. I think this book would be good for someone who is trying to fit it in a situation similar to this.