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At Long Islands's private Bennington School, the Diamonds rule supreme. They're the girls all the boys want to date and all the girls want to be. And fortunately for Marni, she's right in the middle of them. Best friends with the ringleader, Clarissa, Marni enjoys all the spoils of the ultrapopular: boys, power, and respect. But then Marni gets a little too close to Clarissa's ex-boyfriend, Anderson.
Wrong move. The Diamonds don't touch each other's exes.
And just like that, Marni is jettisoned from Diamond to lower than Cubic Zirconia.
But Marni isn't about to take her ouster lying down. She has dirt on the Diamonds, and she's not about to go down without a fight. Everyone knows, the only thing strong enough to cut a Diamond is another Diamond.
Ted Michael is a literary agent and first time novelist. He lives in New York, New York.
Critiques (2)
Critique de School Library Journal
Gr 8 Up-Marni is one of a foursome of the most popular, beautiful, and, above all, plastic girls in Bennington School's senior class. "The Diamonds" never do anything partway, so when opportunity knocks, they not only join a class originally designed to teach students about government by reenacting famous court cases, but also take it over. Under the direction of alpha-girl and ice-queen Clarissa, the activity morphs into a twisted version of peer mediation as the teens become judges and mete out punishments designed to bring Bennington's social order to its knees. When Marni gets drunk and is caught in a compromising position with Clarissa's ex-boyfriend, she finds herself in the defendant's chair. In stereotypical "sidekick who has seen the light" fashion, she spearheads a group of students from across the social spectrum to reveal to the administration Clarissa's draconian methods. This novel aims to join the ranks of the "alpha-girl lit" world, but it falls short of its peers. The characters are largely flat representations of social stereotypes and the adult endorsement of the Diamonds' status feels far-fetched. For intrigue, plot twists, and fully realized ice queens, send readers to old standbys like Cecily von Ziegesar's "Gossip Girl" series or Lisi Harrison's "Clique" books (both Little, Brown).-Jill Heritage Maza, Greenwich High School, CT (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Critique de Horn Book
The Diamonds--Bennington School's exclusive clique--terrorize their classmates by controlling the mock trial team. When Marni is caught hooking up with the ex-boyfriend of the clique's leader, she's ostracized and put on trial herself. Throughout the contrived story, Marni is just as unlikable as the Diamonds; readers may not care whether she's exonerated and/or she gets revenge. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.