18 books like The Clique

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Ghoulfriends Forever Gitty Daneshvari · 2012 · ★ 4.0 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Ghoulfriends Forever is a brand-new Monster High series, introducing three new monster characters. As new students, the trio must navigate the bewildering array of cute monster boys, established cliques, and monster-rific subjects like Mad Science, G-ogre-phy, and Physical Deaducation. As if that weren't hard enough, something strange and sinister seems to be happening at the school. Popular… Shares: Cliques, School Stories, Schools, Friendship

The Magic City Edith Nesbit · 1910 · ★ 3.9 · 162p · ≈ 5h · Challenging An extremely unhappy ten-year-old magically escapes into a city he has built out of books, chessmen, candlesticks, and other household items. Shares: Cities and towns, Children's fiction

The Misfits James Howe · 2001 · ★ 3.8 · 274p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Kids who get called the worst names oftentimes find each other. That's how it was with us. Skeezie Tookis and Addie Carle and Joe Bunch and me. We call ourselves the Gang of Five, but there are only four of us. We do it to keep people on their toes. Make 'em wonder. Or maybe we do it because we figure that there's one more kid out there who's going to need a gang to be a part of. A misfit, like… Shares: School Stories, Schools, Friendship, Children's fiction

The Third Wheel Jeff Kinney · 2003 · ★ 4.5 · 218p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Love is in the air - but what does that mean for Greg Heffley? A Valentine's Day dance at Greg's middle school has turned his world upside down. As Greg scrambles to find a date, he's worried he'll be left out in the cold on the big night. His best friend, Rowley, doesn't have any prospects either, but that's a small consolation. An unexpected twist gives Greg a partner for the dance and leaves… Shares: Middle schools, Schools, Friendship, Children's fiction

Tales from a not-so-smart Miss Know-It-All Rachel Renée Russell · 2012 · ★ 4.3 · 331p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Nikki Maxwell authors an advice column for the school newspaper in this fifth installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series! Nikki Maxwell develops a sudden interest in student journalism that may or may not (okay, definitely does) have to do with the fact that mean girl MacKenzie has started writing a gossip column. So Nikki joins the school newspaper staff—and ends up as… Shares: Middle schools, School Stories, Schools, Friendship

It's Not My Fault I Know Everything (Dear Dumb Diary #8) Jim Benton · 2009 · ★ 4.4 · 131p · ≈ 4h · Moderate New York Times Bestselling author Jamie Kelly is back with another hilarious, candid, and sometimes not-so-nice diary! Dear Dumb Diary, I went back and read some of my very oldest diaries. The entries say things like "I eated salad dressing" and "I got a Barbie shoe stuck in Stinker's nose again" and "The vet was mean to me about the Barbie shoe so I tried to bite him but vets are quick at not… Shares: Middle schools, School Stories, Schools, Friendship

Tales from a Not-so-talented Pop Star (Dork Diaries #3) Rachel Renée Russell · 2008 · ★ 4.2 · 311p · ≈ 10h · Moderate When scholarship student Nikki Maxwell, whose father is the school exterminator, decides to enter the talent show at her expensive private school, her nemesis MacKenzie threatens to reveal Nikki's status to the rest of the school. Book # Shares: Middle schools, School Stories, Schools, Friendship

Ghosts beneath our feet Betty Ren Wright · 1984 · ★ 4.0 · 137p · ≈ 4h · Moderate During a summer in an abandoned mining town, Katie's relationship with a rebellious stepbrother improves as they probe the past to find out why there seem to be ghosts, literally, beneath their feet. Shares: Cities and towns, Children's fiction

The Last Straw Jeff Kinney · 2008 · ★ 4.1 · 217p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Greg has to try and explain to his dad why he should not go to military school and that is just one of his problems he has to try and impress a girl solve a sweet mystery and try to get kicked off the football team Shares: Middle schools, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

Boy Who Owned the School Gary Paulsen · 1990 · ★ 4.0 · 85p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Jacob Freisten's goal in life is to go about unnoticed. He's perfect at gliding past the jocks' lockers and sneaking into his English class. That was, until now. If Jacob wants to pass English, he must work for extra credit on the stage crew of the school production of The Wizard of Oz. Jacob, who is usually in a fog anyway, has the the job of running the fog machine. The problem is that Maria… Shares: School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

Our sixth-grade sugar babies Eve Bunting · 1990 · 147p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Vicki and her best friend fear that their sixth grade project, carrying around five-pound bags of sugar to learn about parental responsibility, will make them look ridiculous in the eyes of the seventh grade boy they both love. Shares: School Stories, Schools, Friendship, Children's fiction

Pottymouth and Stoopid James Patterson · 2016 · ★ 4.1 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate In this heartwarming New York Times bestselling story from the world's #1 bestselling author, two best friends use laughter to turn the tables on their bullies.  "I have one word for this book: SUPERWONDERRIFIC!" ―Jerry Spinelli, Newberry Medal-winning author of Maniac Magee and Stargirl   David and his best friend Michael were tagged with awful nicknames way back in preschool when… Shares: Middle schools, School Stories, Schools, Friendship

The day the teacher went bananas James Howe · 1984 · ★ 4.3 · 31p · ≈ 1h · Moderate A class's new teacher, who leads the children in a number of very popular activities, turns out to be a gorilla. Shares: School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac Gabrielle Zevin · 2007 · ★ 3.7 · 296p · ≈ 9h · Moderate After a nasty fall, Naomi realizes that she has no memory of the last four years and finds herself reassessing every aspect of her life. Shares: School Stories, Schools, Friendship, Children's fiction

Heaven to Betsy (Betsy-Tacy #5) Maud Hart Lovelace · 1945 · ★ 4.3 · 345p · ≈ 11h · Challenging High School is Heaven! It's Betsy Ray's freshman year at Deep Valley High School, and she and her best childhood chum, Tacy Kelly, are loving every minute. Betsy and Tacy find themselves in the midst of a new crowd of friends, with studies aplenty (including Latin and--ugh--algebra), parties and picnics galore, Sunday night lunches at home--and boys! There's Cab Edwards, the jolly boy next door;… Shares: School Stories, Schools, Friendship, Children's fiction

How to Be Popular Meg Cabot · 2006 · ★ 3.6 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Does being popular matter? It matters very much—to Steph. That's why this year, she has a plan to get in with the It Crowd in no time flat. She's got a secret weapon: an old book called—what else?—How to Be Popular. What does it take to be popular? All Steph has to do is follow the instructions in The Book, and soon she'll be partying with the It Crowd (including school quarterback Mark… Shares: School Stories, Schools, Friendship, Children's fiction

Dogs don't tell jokes Louis Sachar · 1991 · ★ 3.8 · 209p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Twelve-year-old Gary, known as Goon because of his constant clowning and joke-telling, tries to change his image and make new friends at school. Shares: School Stories, Schools, Friendship, Children's fiction

My brother is a big, fat liar James Patterson · 2013 · ★ 4.0 · 289p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Georgia Khatchadorian plans to succeed at Hills Village Middle School in all the places her troublemaker brother failed. Shares: Middle schools, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

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