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The Clique (series)
''The Clique'' is an American young adult novel series written by Lisi Harrison and was originally published by Little, Brown and Company, a subsidiary of the Hachette Group, but got reprinted by Poppy books. The series revolves around five girls: Massie Block, Alicia Rivera, Dylan Marvil, Claire Lyons, and Kristen Gregory collectively make up The Pretty Committee, an A-Lister clique at the fictional, all-girls middle school, Octavian Country Day, or as Massie likes to call it, OCD. The fifth girl, Claire Lyons, is a misfit from Orlando, Florida. She shops at stores like Wal-Mart and Target and has no clue what life in Westchester is like and what is expected of her there. Massie is the head of the clique, and likes to dress in Juicy Couture, Louis Vuitton, and Miu Miu, while Claire, a newcomer to the area, is initially considered an outcast due to her financial and fashion status. As the series progresses, Claire slowly develops a friendship with Massie, realizing that she must earn her friendship, and eventually becomes a member of the group. She soon finds out though, life in The Pretty Committee isn't all what it's cracked up to be...
The first novel, ''The Clique'', was released on May 19, 2004. As of June 2012, 14 novels have been released in the main series.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Clique )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Clique #12: These Boots Are Made for Stalking )〕 On October 4, 2006, a box set called "The Clique Collection" was released containing the first three novels of the series.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Clique Collection )〕 A second set was released in November 2006 containing books four through six.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Clique: Second Collection )〕 From April to August 2008, five novellas named after the five main characters were published in a subseries called "The Clique Summer Collection." The novellas focus on each titular characters' activities during the summer between their seventh and eighth grades in school. Harrison composed a guide to the series' "teen speak" terminology and trivia, ''Cliquetionary'', which was released on November 16, 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cliquetionary )〕 It was announced on Lisi Harrison's website that the fourteenth book (which was released February 15, 2011) would mark the end of the series.
In 2007, Warner Brothers announced that it had partnered with publisher Alloy Entertainment to create a series of direct-to-DVD films based on the books. A film, based on the first novel ''The Clique'', was released on November 18, 2008. The novels are being adapted into a series of graphic novels by Yen Press, with the first volume released July 2010, with art by Yishan Li.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=THE CLIQUE, story by Lisi Harrison, art by Yishan Li )〕 The video game The Clique: Diss and Make-Up is based on the book series. The books have a spin-off series, ''Alphas''.
==History==
The book-packaging subdivision of Alloy Online, which focuses on the teen market, conceived the stories for its novel series, and is responsible for hiring writers and editing the novels they produced.〔 〕〔 〕〔 〕 They approached Lisi Harrison, who was working as a writer for MTV, about producing a series of young adult novels. She said of this proposal, "Always being a closeted wannabe author - I jumped at the opportunity. I loved the idea." Lisi actually wrote this book as a "joke," she said, as she even named OCD after a disorder that some people had. She created this series to show everyone that popular people aren't perfect and that everyone has flaws. Alloy's involvement in the process of writing varies from series to series; Harrison said that in her case they functioned as a sounding board, but otherwise, "they left me to my own devices. It's very much my book."〔 The end result was the first novel in the series, ''The Clique'', which was published in May 2004 by Little, Brown and Company.〔 〕〔(Editorial reviews from School Library Journal and Booklist, as archived at Amazon.com )〕
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