It's Not Easy Being Mean by Lisi Harrison

It's Not Easy Being Mean

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Lisi Harrison

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · Ebook · March 7, 2007

Massie Block: Getting back into Octavian Country Day was a piece of sugar-free cake, compared to Massie's next goal-finding the key that unlocks an ah-mazing legendary secret room at OCD!

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Who it’s for
A fast, catty read for anyone chasing the same mean-girl charge.
Genres
Boarding School YA, Contemporary YA Romance, YA Stories About Girls & Women
Published
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, March 7, 2007

About this book

Massie Block: Getting back into Octavian Country Day was a piece of sugar-free cake, compared to Massie's next goal-finding the key that unlocks an ah-mazing legendary secret room at OCD! Alpha eighth grader Skye Hamilton and her clique have stashed the key in the bedroom of one mystery Briarwood boy, but who? Whoever finds the key gets access to the secret room for an entire year and the prestige that comes along with it.

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But what happens when LBR Layne seems to be getting closer? This is way more than a matter of life or death, it's a matter of in or out! Kristen Gregory: Always been a star on the soccer field, but her style gets majorly cramped when her friends are forced to join the team. They better start kicking those soccer balls or Kristen's going to start kicking some . . . ! Alicia Rivera: Uses her skills as a gossip reporter to scheme her way into the rooms of all the Briarwood hotties! Dylan Marvil: Heard depression makes people lose weight. Is hoping for some sad news soon because she's popping donut holes the way some people pop Tic-Tacs. Claire Lyons: Being famous isn't all it's cracked up to be! Her agent confiscates her gummies, and forces her to do some very bad things to make her more "edgy." Worst of all, her constant meetings with lawyers and movie execs are eating into her time with the P.C. and with Cam! Is being a Hollywood starlet worth the Gucci-high price tag?

Social Spark

A fast, catty read for anyone chasing the same mean-girl charge.

Come here for

  • boarding-school social friction
  • teen-girl dynamics with a sharp, glossy edge

Expect

  • fandom-adjacent familiarity
  • sustained, immersive teen drama

Where it sits

Boarding School YA36%
YA Stories About Girls & Women24%
Contemporary YA Romance23%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Stories About Girls & Women
  • Boarding School YA
  • Friendship for Teens
Authors
Lisi Harrison
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published
March 7, 2007
Format
Ebook
Reading lane
YA Stories About Girls & Women