Dial L for Loser- Bianca Jamerson

Jamerson, Bianca English, Period 4 November 13, 2008 The book I read was Dial L for Loser by Lisi Harrison. I selected this book because it was the next book for me to read in The Clique series. I decided that this would be a good book for me to read because I have read the first five books in The Clique series and I absolutely loved all of them so I knew this book would be great, if not better than the other ones. The process to select this book was not very hard because I knew that it would not be a lame book because Lisi Harrison is a great author. In Dial L for Loser ,a few members of the Pretty Committee, Claire, Alicia, and Massie got invited to come audition in Hollywood for a lead role in the new, soon- to- be -hit movie Dial L for Loser. The movie is with A-list celebrities Abby Boyd and teenage heartthrob Conner Foley. For the audition the girls got to come to sunny California in L.A. for their first time ever. They are all so excited because they want the starring role, but only one of them will get it. Massie and Alicia are positive that one of them is going to get the part. Massie thought she would get the part with her charm and elegance and Alicia thought she would be able to get the part with her beauty. Claire on the other hand did not expect anything at all, she was confused why she was even there. The part that they were auditioning for was the part of Molly Reynolds. Molly Reynolds' character had to make to make the girls character be a very shy girl with low confidence. When Massie and Alicia auditioned they acted overly confident like they already got the part and they were way too confident for the Molly. When Claire auditioned for the part she just acted like herself, and the director thought it was "pure genius", Claire got the part. The other girls were all furious, especially Massie. The rich and popular Massie lost to a loser like Claire, that was so hard for Massie to believe. From then on, whenever she got the chance to humiliate or do anything to make Claire mad, she did. Claire just tried to ignore everything Massie did. Claire didn't care anymore because she made new, better friends with the rest of the cast in the movie, but the friendships didn't end how exactly how Claire wanted them to. All of the friendships get tested throughout the book. Between Claire and the rest of the pretty committee, Claire and Alicia, Claire and Massie, and almost everyone else in the story. In this book I think it has a very big theme and moral of friendship and who and how important and special your real friends are. A quote that I feel has great significance was when Abby Boyd, someone that Claire became best friends with during the filming of the movie , after the movie told her that they were only best friends for the movie. "We were MBFs not RBFs, I thought you knew that." Abby said that to Claire, what it meant was that they were movie best friends, not real best friends. Abby explained to Claire that they were only friends because of it and when she does her next movie she will forget all about Claire. This quote is important because it shows the way friendships are lost in this story. It shows how Claire made a really good friend but right when the friend didn't need Claire, she ditched her. I give this book a 3 out of 5. To rate this book I used these stars because the girls were in Hollywood, the home of the stars. I give it this rating because it is a amazing book and it is extremely interesting and fun to read, but it's a little superficial . I think it is superficial because in the story it talks a lot about how the only people that are popular are rich. It also always describes the way the girls dress in head- to- toe expensive designer brand clothing that most adults don't even wear. Besides that, I think it's a great book. One reason why someone would want to read this book is because most of the people reading this book are in middle school just like the girls in Dial L for Loser and it is really interesting to read about something when you might be in the same situation. Another reason why people would want to read this book is because it keeps you captivated always, its never predictable and you don't know what the girls are gonna come up with next. When you start reading, you can't put the book down. One last reason I think that someone would want to read this book is because of the drama factor, this book is very dramatic and the girls in the story a very catty, and that can be fun to read for a lot of people. I recommend this book to any teen girl between the ages of 10 - 14. I would recommend it to this age group because it has some mature content. Also, the girls in the story are in middle school and when you are 10- 13 years old you are ussually in middle school. A few warnings for this book are that it does have some mature content and it talks about girls and their boyfriends kissing. It also has occasional curse words.