Once the descriptions of which brand name clothes each of the characters were wearing slowed down a bit, the story picked up. Marnie was obnoxious- do people really think that way? Got a pile of these for free, so I'll be reading the rest of them. ( )

This book explores both sides of a friend fight. The book was a little predictable, but the characters have real personalities and are easy to relate to.
4Q, 3P; Cover Art: Awesome!
This book is best suited for Middle and Highschoolers.
It was selected because of a good summary on the back.
Grade (of reviewer): 9th
(KS-AHS-NC)

Reviewed by Randstostipher "tallnlankyrn" Nguyen for TeensReadToo.com

The crucial part of high school, or of any social scene, is to fit in, to be noticed... in a good way. To not be the one that gets picked on but more like the one who everyone wants to be around. For best friends Nola and Marnie, their first day in high school as freshmen will ultimately result in whether they make it into the right crowd. But no worries, since they both promised each other that whoever gets in first will make sure the other does, too.

Unfortunately, there's only room for one of them.

Nola is the quiet one who definitely values her best friend status with Marnie and likes everything the way it is. Who needs change? Getting into the right crowd just doesn't matter, as long as she has her best friend right by her side. Being the klutz that she is, a little incident on the first day of school could make her so OUT.

Marnie, the outgoing one, has to live up to her older sister, Erin's, standards. Just saying her sister's name can easily get her noticed. But does she really want to just be known as Erin's little sister? Sure, if it can get her into the IN crowd.

Two friends, who thought they had each others' backs, will have their friendship tested, since high school can totally do that. Promises will be broken, friendships will be made, and, of course, teenage boys will make it all the more interesting.

The IN OR OUT series is the next guilty pleasure. Full of so much competition and a whole lot more drama, Claudia Gabel makes sure that we all know how dangerously scary high school can be. Nola is the one everyone will root for while Marnie is the one every girl wants to be. A quick and easy read that fans of THE CLIQUE series and MEAN GIRLS will definitely want to read. ( )

Girls who like the Clique series will also like this series. There are four books altogether. In book one, Marnie and her best friend since forever, Nola, have a nasty fight from which it seems they will never recover. By the end of the book they've vowed that they hate each other... and it seems like they do. Books two, three and four detail what happens after that. Definitely a girly girl series, but still some will find it enjoyable. ( )

Marnie and Nola have been best friends since kindergarten, but when they start their freshman year, things change. Marnie ends up with the popular group of girls, and Nola accidentally steps on the foot of the popular queen bee and gets labeled a freak with elephant feet. Nola really likes a boy named Matt, who is seen as reject material, and before she knows it, she's out and Marnie is in. Things escalate, and in spite of Marnie's promises to do otherwise, she spends less and less time with Nola. When Marnie lends the birthday bracelet made by Nola to a new friend, Nola sees it and freaks. When the book ends, it is clearly not over. This is obviously the start of a series. An entertaining, fast read. There are lots of other books out there similar to this, but I enjoyed it nonetheless and think certain middle school girls will love it. ( )