Synopsis
Hazel Stone wants nothing more than to be a part of the hottest clique in school, the Pretty Little Devils, but she's stuck at a lunch table full of high school C-listers. Hazel has resigned herself to life as a nobody—when suddenly everything changes. The PLDs invite Hazel to one of the group's famous parties, held at the site of one of their babysitting jobs. Before Hazel knows it, she's in with the in crowd—and she couldn't be more thrilled!
But nothing turns out the way she expects. Especially when one her classmates becomes jealous of her newfound status—deadly jealous.
Author Nancy Holder weaves a wicked tale about the price of popularity, and having the kind of friends some girls would just die for.
Michele Winship - KLIATT
Cross Mean Girls with Scream and you have the makings of Holder's novel about the dark side of high school. The PLDs are the most popular clique in their school, and Sylvia, their leader, not only hooks them up with babysitting jobs to fund their shopping habits, but also orchestrates the practical jokes they play on each other and their biggest rival, cheerleader Brenda Wu. Big, dark houses where teen girls are babysitting by themselves are prime venues for suspense, and in this case, even murder. The plot centers on Hazel, a girl who envies the PLDs and wants nothing more than to be one of the popular girls. Lucky for her, Sylvia picks her out as a potential replacement for one of the PLDs not holding her own. Thrilled by her newly established popularity, Hazel soon comes to understand that being one of the "in" crowd, being invited to the "right" parties, and getting set up with her crush don't come cheaply. Holder spices up her prose with chat room, e-mail and blog excerpts that reveal an anonymous interloper who's out to destroy the Pretty Little Devils, but readers are never sure just who HAPPY2BME is...until it's too late. KLIATT Codes: JS--Recommended for junior and senior high school students. 2006, Penguin, Razorbill, 250p., Ages 12 to 18.