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The Girls
Maya has been part of the group ever since the day Candace asked her if she wanted to "do lunch" in the cafeteria. Yet when Candace suddenly deems her unworthy, Maya's so-called friends just blow her off. While Maya just wants the girls back like they used to be, she knows that can never happen-because whatever Candace wants, Candace gets, no matter who gets hurt...more
Paperback, 128 pages
Published
March 18th 2002
by Puffin
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Maya was part of the group that was headed by the popular Candace. At least she was part of the group until Candace got bored with her. The only reason Maya found out is that she called a friend and her friend's mother asked why she wasn't at Darcy's sleepover. The other girls in the group don't hate Maya though, and they aren't sure why they are supposed to. One by one the girls come to realize that maybe being Candace's friend is that good.
I liked this book a lot when I read it bac...more
I liked this book a lot when I read it bac...more
Michelle Rocha
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I read some of the other reviews that complain that not much happens. I think that's kind of the point. I think the lack of events highlights how arbitrarily a kid in middle school can be targeted for the kind of cruelty maya is subjected to. We dont know why Candace stopped liking maya and it doesn't matter. The spareness of the writing makes it accessible to all middle school reading levels and that is a bonus in my mind because I think all girls of that age ought to read a book like this. The...more
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I was torn on weather or not I liked this book. When I save it from my friend's Goodwill box years ago she said it was like a watered down version of the Clique books but it wasn't anywhere near as juicy as The Clique books. The chapters alternate between girls without a set pattern so it was difficult to remember who was currently narrating the story and because so little time was spent on it, what background went with which character. The ringleader Candace lacked motivation of any kind and se...more
Probably written for junior high, but not identified as such, so this book proves popular with high school readers, as well. The novel traces the ups and downs of relationships among five girls, alternating narrators. One is manipulating, the one who leads the girls to reject one of the other girls. The novel provides a very realistic look at girl groups. This book would go along well with Odd Girl Out, the study of aggression among junior high girls. Because it's short and very easy readin...more
This is the story of 5 middle school girls who were a tight clique, until Candace, the "leader", decides to snub one of the other girls. It is such a true portrayal of middle school friendships between girls. The other girls go along with Candace so that they are not shunned too, although none of them know why Maya is being kicked out of the group. With each chapter written from a different girls' point of view, the book shows how it feels to be each of the girls and how they feel a...more
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2004- Maya's a member of a middle-school clique, until one day, when their ""leader"" decides to ditch her. Maya's confusion, along with three of the other girls in the clique's emotions are explored in short chapters that switch back and forth from one girl to another. What emerges is a sad, but very true picture of how cliques function and how girls treat their ""friends."" My main gripe with this book was that it was far too short and read more like a s...more
I read The Girls by Amy Goldman Koss. I only gave it two stars because there isn’t a whole lot that happens in the book. The main thing that happened is a girl had a sleep over and she didn’t invite one of her old friends. The friend that wasn’t invited didn’t what she had done to not be invited and she felt really bad. Two other girls that were there didn’t know why she wasn’t invited or what she had done. They all felt really badly because they prank called the girl and said really mean things...more
Amanda (Cirque Du Freak Freak)
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Terrible Terrible Terrible! Do I need to say more not really but I am going to.
I thought this book was just really pathetic. I mean the charecters seemed to genaric and they didn't seem like they had personalities that were worth caring about or worth remembering.
I thought that the girl (I don't even remember her name) who was crying cause all her friends hated her if they were really her friends they would not have done that.
My suggestion is Don't waste yo...more
I thought this book was just really pathetic. I mean the charecters seemed to genaric and they didn't seem like they had personalities that were worth caring about or worth remembering.
I thought that the girl (I don't even remember her name) who was crying cause all her friends hated her if they were really her friends they would not have done that.
My suggestion is Don't waste yo...more
THIS BOOK WAS GOOOW, I READ IT LIKE IN 3 MONTHS, READ IT ONCE BEFOWW 3 YEARS AGO AND DINT FINISH READING IT. SO YEAH UMM I LIKE IT CUS I LIKED THEY WAY THEY ALL FOUGHT, AND BABY I LIKE ME SOME GURL FIGHTZ YES HONEY BABY BOO BOO, AND ALSO I LIKED THAT T HAD THE PICTURES OF THE GURLZ ON THE COVER. IT GAVE ME THE CHANCE TO IMAGEN THERE FACES.
TO SEE WHO FOUGHT WHO AND WHO WOULD OF KNOCKED WHO OUT IF THEY WOULD OF GOTTEN IN TO A WIVE PULLING, FACE PUNCHING, CHOLA CALLING NAME FIGHT.
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TO SEE WHO FOUGHT WHO AND WHO WOULD OF KNOCKED WHO OUT IF THEY WOULD OF GOTTEN IN TO A WIVE PULLING, FACE PUNCHING, CHOLA CALLING NAME FIGHT.
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I didn't think I was going to enjoy this book at all. I thought I wouldn't be able to relate to the material since I'm so much older than the characters. However, it was such an interesting look into the psychology of girls (especially middle school aged girls). The author does an incredible job with characterizing each girl so specifically. Candace's story particularly interested me. The connections you feel for Maya and Renee are genuine. Everything written in this book is absolutely plausible...more
The Girls, a novel by Amy Goldman Koss tells the story about a group of friends led by Candace, the queen bee. Maya became part of the group the day Candace asked her if she wanted to "do lunch" in the cafeteria. When Candace suddenly deems Maya unworthy, the other so-called friends just blow Maya off. The characters in The Girls include: Darcy, Renee, Brianna, Maya and Candace. The major obstacles that the girls dealt with were when all the girls were invited to Darcy's house for a sl...more
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This book The Girls by Amy Goldman Koss is really good. This book is about a group of popular girls, but their leader is Candace. Candace invited a new girl to the group named Maya. Some of the girls are getting sick of Maya, because they're jealous. All of the popular girls had a sleepover, but didn't tell Maya. It was all full of drama the rest of the way through, but some of the girls stuck up for Maya. It is mostly about the the populars in middle school.
The Girls is a solid book dealing with peer pressure in middle school cliques. High school age teens will probably find it beneath them; though they may identify with the girls' feelings, they probably will not want to admit it. I could see this being a great choice for a middle school age novel group or book club for girls, since it offers several different perspectives of problems within cliques. It is a good choice for a middle school library.
It’s rare to get the Mean Girls’ point of view portrayed sensitively. Which makes sense for the victimized target readership — I think most kids feel victimized at some point in middle school. But as a teacher, even as I hate what the bullies are doing, they’re still 12-year-old girls and my heart goes out to them. They’re behaving that way for a reason, and I wonder if it might help to recognize themselves in a book where they can also see their victims’ perspective? (Full review at http://www.parenthetical.net/2011/04/23/......more
This book was okay, but ultimately a little light-weight and disappointing. Too easily resolved. In real life, a girl like Candace would have strung things out and made each "victim" suffer, really isolating and ostracizing them so that no one would have anything to do with them. And one at a time, so they couldn't band together..... That part just didn't work for me. I did like getting inside each girl's head for different chapters.
In this 128 page story, The Girls by Amy Goldman Koss. The main charecters of the story is Maya, and Candace. The girls who go through the process of removing Candace from the group. But then the popular girl of the group decides to remove Maya because she believes that she is still friends with Candace, and because she doesn't like her anymore, and that she is boring. One of the major things that I like about The Girls is that it is realistic and it shows a girl's point of view. This book is go...more
The book "The Girls" by Amy Koss was very interesting. Its basically a realistic fiction story about 5 friends. These girks are all best friends at first. After awhile the girls start to realize they are not as good of friends as they thought. They all turn on one specific girl who doesnt understand why the others dont like her very much. She doesnt get invited to their parties, sleepovers or anything. They start to ignore eachother at school.
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I feel like every 13 year old girl should read this book. It is told from the perspective of five different girls who all initially belong to a clique, led by the most popular girl in school. As one girl is alienated from the group for no reason, we see the other girl's reactions to her situation. We see the manipulative behavior of the first girl, as well as her sidekick who is a puppy-like slave to the alpha girl's opinions. WE see soem girls whoa re willign to stand up for the alienated girl ...more
This is the story of five girls and their struggle with popularity, friendship, and a bully. Each chapter in this book is told by one of the five girls from her individual point of view. You really get a good look into the inner workings of why these girls continue their relationship with a popular, but mean, little snot. The look into the mental processes involved in "the clique" is fascinating. A great story of young girls.
Teen book about peer pressure, friendship, and popularity. so many teens worry about what other people think instead of doing the right thing. This book is written from 5 girls points of view and shares their insecurities and needs. A good book if you are 10 - 16 and still worried about who's popular and if you're cool enough to hang out with them. I don't worry about that so much at 54.
I think this should be required reading, even just summer reading, for every student going into middle school. It's a tale about friendships and bullying and how even something as innocuous as exclusion can be just as painful a physical attack.
And, honestly? I wanted to stab the main character with a fork.
Excellent, wonderful, amazing--and harsh--book.
5/5 on here, 10/10 for myself
And, honestly? I wanted to stab the main character with a fork.
Excellent, wonderful, amazing--and harsh--book.
5/5 on here, 10/10 for myself
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What happens between five seventh-grade girls when their friendship begins to crack--on purpose. The "queen bee" girl, Candace, decides to exclude Maya from a sleepover. The others go along with it, even though they don't have anything against Maya, and soon they're all being catty and nasty towards each other, and feelings are hurt. A very realistic look at teen girl cliques.
This little middle school novel is exactly what the cover shows....mean girls and girls with low self-esteem. Told from the five points-of-view, it's the tale of a girl deciding that another girl is out of the group. The followers disgust me--openly criticizing someone who was their friend a day before just because the "popular" girl says to. It's sad. Most of the girls know that they are acting poorly but don't have the guts to stand up to mean Candace. While I can see this being popu...more
an average read with each chaper in the voice of one of 5 girls. Gist of story is how one girl is dropped without explanation from a popular group and how all respond to it. Good book for teens to hear the very different voices of each of the girls in the group and the dropped girl is shown for her strength in coping. Nothing earth shattering though.
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This book was a 5 person view story. She and her "friends" were invited to magic mountain with her but none of them went. Instead they all went, besides maya, to the slumber party Darcy planned! Maya has to pick which friends she can hold onto and let go! She is having a lot on her mind right now
Honestly, I was a little disappointed by the book. It definitely captures the middle school drama, and gets back into the mind of a seventh grade girl. However, I didn’t feel that the author did a very good job of changing the style and voice in the writing for each girl’s perspective. Although they thought different things, the writing sounded very similar. I also didn’t feel that the writing was very high quality—not many complex sentences or developed descriptions. I did think that the b...more
I like this book a lot. This story is about Maya and her friends. They are five. Maya was in Candace's group. But Candace became to feel bored about her. So Maya's friends felt comfuse. This book belong to teen issue. I learned what real friendship is like. My favorite sentence is "You're supposed to be friends with someone because you like them, not because you pity them."
This captures that intense, panicky feeling when friendship (or popularity) goes bad. It covers only a weekend. I thought that Todd Strasser's CON-fidence was deeper and more interesting, but it covers a longer time period. If you want a quick read for a tween/teen, this would work very well.
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