Alyssa's+book+report

__ **Book Report** __ **Directions: Answer all 8 of the questions/statements in complete sentences. Feel free to add a related picture to your report.** **1.** ** What is the title of your book and who is the author?** __The Clique__ by Lisi Harrison **2.** ** Name and describe two main characters.** Massie Block- With her glossy brunette hair and pearly white smile, Massie is the ruler of The Clique and the rest of the social scene at Octavian Country Day School. Massie knows that everyone wants to be like her and doesn't have trouble showing it. Claire Lyons- Claire is the new girl from Florida in Keds and two-year-old overalls, who obviously isn't fit to be in the Clique. Unfortunately for her, Claire and her family has to stay in the Block's guesthouse which is thier huge estate while her family looks for a new home. **3.** **Write a summary of your book.** __The Clique__ is a great book by Lisi Harrison. Massie and her friends Alicia, Kristen, and Dylan deal with all kinds of drama from Claire Lyons to staying friends. Claire Lyons and her family come from Florida and stay in Massie's guesthouse while they look for a new home. Massie and her friends try as hard as they can to make sure Claire is destroyed. Massie and Claire's parents both hope that Massie and Claire will be great friends, but even Claire knows she'll never really be Massie's friend. Claire can tell that Massie and her friends are trying to destroy her. She comes up with a great plan. Every night when Massie goes on a walk with her dad, Claire would sneak into Massie's room and email Alicia, Dylan, and Kristen pretending to be Massie and try to make them hate Massie and love Claire. Her plan works untill the girls find out. Claire is becoming more Clique material and ends up on Massie's wait and see list.
 * Name:** Alyssa Devenny** Date:** December 7, 2009

What Massie and Claire do to eachother makes this book good.
 * The following questions were taken from :** http://www.ttms.org/say_about_a_book/say_about_a_book.htm 
 * Big Question #1: What makes this book good?  **

**Big Question #2: What would make this book better?** As a critic, it’s important to be honest. And honestly, some parts of some books are pretty bad. This book would be better if there wasn't so much information about thier car rides to school. I honestly don't care about how thier car rides to school were. The most important thing about this book that the author wants you to know is that Massie Block and her friends hate Claire Lyons.
 * Big Question #3: What’s the one most important thing the author wants you to know?** This is the main idea. It’s almost as though you could squeeze a whole book down to a __single sentence__ and say that’s what it was all about.

**Big Question #4: Why did the writer write this?** Why did the author bother to tell this story? What is it about this particular story that the author thought was so important? Was it just for fun or to teach something? I think the author wrote this book for fun but it also teaches you that girls can be REALLY dramatic sometimes.

**Big Question #5: What does the audience need to know to understand and enjoy the book?** In other words, what background knowledge would be good to have prior to reading this book? The author needs to understand to concept of drama to understand the book.