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Girls Acting Catty
What's harder to deal with than a group of boys who act like dogs? How about a clique of catty mean girls? Annabelle has just figured out how to survive in junior high school. She's made great friends, her teachers are nice, and she's got lots of tricks up her sleeve for taming those pesky boys. But now she and her friends must confront a whole new brand of headache-- the...more
Hardcover, 179 pages
Published
November 10th 2009
by Bloomsbury USA Childrens
(first published November 1st 2009)
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I was introduced to Annabelle in Boys Are Dogs and I dove right into her next adventure in Girls Acting Catty. This time around, Annabelle learns first-hand just how spiteful tween girls can be to each other.
If there is one thing that is important to a tween girl, it is her girlfriends. We share secrets, have inside jokes, and always stand by each other. Annabelle has a great group of friends, but she finds herself daydreaming of being accepted by the popular crowd – Taylor and the Terrible T’s....more
If there is one thing that is important to a tween girl, it is her girlfriends. We share secrets, have inside jokes, and always stand by each other. Annabelle has a great group of friends, but she finds herself daydreaming of being accepted by the popular crowd – Taylor and the Terrible T’s....more
I really enjoyed books 1 and 3 in this series ("Boys are Dogs" and "Everybody Bugs Out"), but this second book just left me cold.
"Boys are Dogs" is about the kind of aggression typical of middle-school boys in our culture--hitting, name-calling, taking things. So it makes total sense that the follow-up would explore the kind of bullying more typical of the girls, what social scientists call relational aggression: subtle insults, backhanded compliments, manipulation. The kind of bullying that ca...more
"Boys are Dogs" is about the kind of aggression typical of middle-school boys in our culture--hitting, name-calling, taking things. So it makes total sense that the follow-up would explore the kind of bullying more typical of the girls, what social scientists call relational aggression: subtle insults, backhanded compliments, manipulation. The kind of bullying that ca...more
~Title: Girls Acting Catty ~Author: Leslie Margolis ~ Pages: 179~ Genre: Comedy and Humor; Realistic Fiction.
What’s harder to deal with than a group of boys who act like dogs? The answer is a group of catty mean girls. Annabelle just figured out how to survive middle school and she met a new group of friends- Rachel, Umi, Emma and Clare. But one night when they were out trick or treating she ran in to Taylor Stanfield, the mean, popular girl of the story. Taylor and her friends spotted Annabelle...more
Girls Acting Catty is the sequel to Boys Are Dogs. Having not read the first novel, I was worried I would not understand anything, but Margolis catches the reader up to speed fairly easily and quickly.
Annabelle was a wonderful character, and I couldn't help but to laugh at her "Firsts" as I remembered mine. Margolis really captured those moments of how it feels to be a tween and she made it real. Everything Annabelle was going through felt legitimate. Her depiction of Annabelle was wonderful as...more
Annabelle was a wonderful character, and I couldn't help but to laugh at her "Firsts" as I remembered mine. Margolis really captured those moments of how it feels to be a tween and she made it real. Everything Annabelle was going through felt legitimate. Her depiction of Annabelle was wonderful as...more
Nov 13, 2012
Jessica Mitchell
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Review for Girls Acting Catty
Leslie Margolis
I liked this book. A lot. I was very attracted to the cover when i saw it on a bestsellers shelf in barnes and noble, so I bought it with my birthday money.
Recently i've been really interested in the tween chick-lit books that involve boys, and other things girls have to know. One part that was really helpful was the step-by-step instructions given by Annabelle's mom on how to shave your legs-my mom said she wants me...more
Review for Girls Acting Catty
Leslie Margolis
I liked this book. A lot. I was very attracted to the cover when i saw it on a bestsellers shelf in barnes and noble, so I bought it with my birthday money.
Recently i've been really interested in the tween chick-lit books that involve boys, and other things girls have to know. One part that was really helpful was the step-by-step instructions given by Annabelle's mom on how to shave your legs-my mom said she wants me...more
Feb 14, 2011
Ava Lambert
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I thought Girls Actin Catty was a good book. It was about a girl named Annabelle who faces school problems and life problems. She gets made fun of by the mean girls because say she has hairy legs. Also Annabelle realizes that those girls aren't her real friends. On top of that has to start to wear a bra. Which she didn't want to do. Plus her mom is re-marring a guy named ted. Ted is the father of the boy she likes at school.I think that the theme of the book is don't be friends with girls who m...more
I liked this book!!! It was about a sixth grader, so I could relate to it in some ways.
The best part of the book was when Annabelle was at her mother's wedding, and Taylor, a mean girl, asked her if she wanted to hang out with her and her mean friends after they got mad at her. Annabelle tells her that she doesn't really want to. That was the best part, I think, because she stood up for herself instead of falling under Taylor's crowd insted of her own friends.
I think the people who should r...more
The best part of the book was when Annabelle was at her mother's wedding, and Taylor, a mean girl, asked her if she wanted to hang out with her and her mean friends after they got mad at her. Annabelle tells her that she doesn't really want to. That was the best part, I think, because she stood up for herself instead of falling under Taylor's crowd insted of her own friends.
I think the people who should r...more
This book reminds me of Drama.I really wanted to read this book because it's so interesting and it talks almost about Gossoping and eye contacting.From this book i learned that girls are the ones who make the most Drama parties. For my experience i learned that drama is for really inzane people and i'm not that type of person. I truly recommend this book to all Drama clubs to start reading this book because once you read it you'll understand the reality of Drama and bullying.. I really enjoy thi...more
This could be a high-interest, easy read for some reluctant tween girls. It is a sequel to Boys are Dogs, which is a popular title in my classroom library, especially for beginning of the year seventh grade girls. Girls acting Catty does not connect animal (cat) behavior to human behavior in the same fun way the first book (dogs) does. It does involve a simple plot that addresses the sometimes cruel relationships between girls, the trials of blending families, and even a hint of how to deal with...more
This was a cute book, and a fast read. I would have to say that it is more a tween read than young adult. But it was still cute, and boy did it bring back some memories of my school days!
The book is about a girl named Annabelle who has a great group of friends but she still can't help but think of what her life would be like being friends with Taylor and the Three Terrors. When Annabelle's wish comes true she doesn't think that she would lose everything that meant the most to her in just a few s...more
The book is about a girl named Annabelle who has a great group of friends but she still can't help but think of what her life would be like being friends with Taylor and the Three Terrors. When Annabelle's wish comes true she doesn't think that she would lose everything that meant the most to her in just a few s...more
Girls acting catty
by Leslie Margolis
The main characters are Annabelle Stevens, the main charcter of the story, Rachel, Annabelle's best friend, umi , Annabelle's best friend, Emma, Annabelle's best friend, Clare , Annabelle's best friend Taylor Stanfield, the mean popular girl of the story, Pepper Stevens, Annabelle's pet dog, Jeanie Stevens, Annabelle's mother, Jason's step-mother-to-be and Ted's fiancé, and Jason Weeble, Annabelle's stepbrother-to-be, Jeanie's stepson-to-be and Ted's son.
The r...more
by Leslie Margolis
The main characters are Annabelle Stevens, the main charcter of the story, Rachel, Annabelle's best friend, umi , Annabelle's best friend, Emma, Annabelle's best friend, Clare , Annabelle's best friend Taylor Stanfield, the mean popular girl of the story, Pepper Stevens, Annabelle's pet dog, Jeanie Stevens, Annabelle's mother, Jason's step-mother-to-be and Ted's fiancé, and Jason Weeble, Annabelle's stepbrother-to-be, Jeanie's stepson-to-be and Ted's son.
The r...more
I LOVED this book. It's full of drama! Annemarie is out trick or treating with her friends when Terrible T comes out with her friends. Throughtout this whole book is all of this trouble with who is friends with who. Emma gets a boyfriend ( Corn Dog Joe) but he dumps her soon for his old girlfriend. Annemarie is left with no friends until her mom's wedding. Taylor (Terrible T) came to the wedding because she is old friends with Ted. Annemarie says all these mean things to her face and Rachel over...more
In the book, "Girls Acting Catty" by Leslie Margolis, the story takes place in Harlem. Annabelle goes through the middle school life. She learns about how girls can be extreemly catty. Her school year started off good. She made an amazing group of friends named Rachel, Emma, Claire, and Yumi. She also has her pet dog, Pepper.
As well as dealing with school, she finally gets use to living with Dweeble. At least until they announced their engagement. The engagement threw Annabelle off. She wasnt e...more
As well as dealing with school, she finally gets use to living with Dweeble. At least until they announced their engagement. The engagement threw Annabelle off. She wasnt e...more
What's harder to deal with than a group of boys who act like dogs? How about a clique of catty mean girls? Annabelle has just figured out how to survive in junior high school. She's made great friends, her teachers are nice, and she's got lots of tricks up her sleeve for taming those pesky boys. But now she and her friends must confront a whole new brand of headache-- the mean girl clique. At first Taylor and her friends were out to get Annabelle's bff Rachel, but soon the whole group is involve...more
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so I feel sorry for Annabelle because her dog, Pepper loved her-UNTIL- Jason, her soon-to-be stepbrother came. He taught Pepper tricks, and gave him treats. Though Annabelle likes Jason, she is very mad. That is HER dog.
Sometimes, books annoy me because they talk too much about the same "problem." This book is not like that. Annabelle is brave, and doesn't complain. She would be my friend is she was real. Though this is NOTHING compared to the Clique series, it still i...more
so I feel sorry for Annabelle because her dog, Pepper loved her-UNTIL- Jason, her soon-to-be stepbrother came. He taught Pepper tricks, and gave him treats. Though Annabelle likes Jason, she is very mad. That is HER dog.
Sometimes, books annoy me because they talk too much about the same "problem." This book is not like that. Annabelle is brave, and doesn't complain. She would be my friend is she was real. Though this is NOTHING compared to the Clique series, it still i...more
This book is about a girl named Annabelle (who was introduced in the first book- Boys Are Dogs) who recently moved from her all-girls school to a real live middle school. In the first book, she makes all new friends (you can learn more about this in the first book) and gets a puppy who ends up helping her get through her first couple of months in middle school. This book follows up with her friends all having an encounter with the most popular girls in school. Throughout this book,Annabelle lear...more
Brief Summary
Halloween strikes at the starting of this sequel to Boys are Dogs, an awesome and humorous novel about Annabelle's Stevens's secret weapon to tame those wild animals.
With BFFs, Yumi, Claire, Rachel and Emma, they go trick-or-treating as tropical fish, and Rachel as a castle-in-the-fish-tank.
Then, eighth-grader dogs, well, aka boys, come along and carry the most scary weapon of all...eggs. Rotten eggs.
Escaped, they come along a girl with dark hair and a set of green eyes.
At first, A...more
Halloween strikes at the starting of this sequel to Boys are Dogs, an awesome and humorous novel about Annabelle's Stevens's secret weapon to tame those wild animals.
With BFFs, Yumi, Claire, Rachel and Emma, they go trick-or-treating as tropical fish, and Rachel as a castle-in-the-fish-tank.
Then, eighth-grader dogs, well, aka boys, come along and carry the most scary weapon of all...eggs. Rotten eggs.
Escaped, they come along a girl with dark hair and a set of green eyes.
At first, A...more
At First Sight: Having gotten the hang of boys at her school, six grader Annabelle is about to face a tougher adversary: sixth-grade girls!
So far, Annabelle has been oblivious to the other girls in sixth grade, happily enclosed in her group of friends, until they land on the sights of the mean-girl clique of their grade: Taylor and the Three Terrors.
At the beginning, Annabelle doesn't want to get into it, as she doesn't know the other girls well enough to like them or dislike them; and she has h...more
So far, Annabelle has been oblivious to the other girls in sixth grade, happily enclosed in her group of friends, until they land on the sights of the mean-girl clique of their grade: Taylor and the Three Terrors.
At the beginning, Annabelle doesn't want to get into it, as she doesn't know the other girls well enough to like them or dislike them; and she has h...more
Girls Acting Catty was a fun, refreshing sequel to Boys Are Dogs which I read a couple of weeks ago. Margolis sees perfectly into the mind of a sixth grade girl, Annabelle was very believable and likable. I liked how she could stand up for herself and was a really good friend. In Girls Acting Catty, Annabelle had to deal with some mean girls and some of their remarks even made me wince- ah the fond memories of sixth grade. It’s a very hard grade and of course filled with a lot of firsts. Annabel...more
In Girls Acting Catty, Margolis will embark you on a journey of your tween years, packed with drama, gossip, fights, crushes, and friendships. This was a very fun and adorable novel with a great touch of humor too!
Margolis's writing is fun and quirky. She knows what a tween would like, the dialogues were quirky, the transitions were quick and fast-paced, etc... I loved the whole idea of this book and it really shows you the 'tween' world.
The characters seemed very realistic and they were very fu...more
Margolis's writing is fun and quirky. She knows what a tween would like, the dialogues were quirky, the transitions were quick and fast-paced, etc... I loved the whole idea of this book and it really shows you the 'tween' world.
The characters seemed very realistic and they were very fu...more
Reviewed by hoopsielv for TeensReadToo.com
Readers were first introduced to Annabelle in Leslie Margolis' novel BOYS ARE DOGS.
After training the boys at school and her puppy, Pepper, Annabelle is back and as strong-willed as ever! She's adjusted to her new school and life with her mom's boyfriend, Ted. She's found some cool friends, too.
Things take a sharp turn when her mom and Ted decide to get married. Her future stepbrother, Jason, is coming for a visit. To make matters even worse, Jason becom...more
Readers were first introduced to Annabelle in Leslie Margolis' novel BOYS ARE DOGS.
After training the boys at school and her puppy, Pepper, Annabelle is back and as strong-willed as ever! She's adjusted to her new school and life with her mom's boyfriend, Ted. She's found some cool friends, too.
Things take a sharp turn when her mom and Ted decide to get married. Her future stepbrother, Jason, is coming for a visit. To make matters even worse, Jason becom...more
Like the book Boys Are Dogs? then you'll like Girls Acting Catty! It's about a girl named Annabelle who's already dealt with a bunch of boys that act like dogs, and now a bunch of catty mean girls!
This is the sequel to boys are dogs. It was cute and prompted good conversation with my girl. Am I prepared for the next stage in her life. Between bullies and catty girls I do wonder how we'll make it through. The mother daughter interaction served as a good basis. I definitely wouldn't recommend this book to my students or book talk it for high school. I'd do a book talk for 4-6 grades though.
I usually don't like giving out bad reviews but i only have one word to describe this book: cliche. The girl becomes friends with popular group and her friends think shes betrayed them before she realizes the popular group is mean and her old friends were better. Thats basically the plot (at least to me)which has already been used way too many times. Sorry to anyone who liked this book. The comparing girls to cats and boys to dogs was kinda creative....but thats pretty much the only good thing a...more
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Clique girls can drive anyone nuts, at any age, but especially for Annabelle who's in junior high. Annabelle's group of friends meet their match not only with another group of girls but also with the boys in their class. Friendships become tense but in the end Annabelle figures out who her true friends are and what boys worth chasing.
Annabelle is having problems with people at school again, but this time they're a little different. Instead of problems with boys her problems are with girls now. So now Annabelle has to find a new way to solve her problems. I didn't like this book very much. I liked the first book, Boys are Dogs, better. This book was just okay.
This is a follow-up to Boys Are Dogs. As the cover says, "Dogs can be trained. Cats are a whole different story." It's about the cattiness of middle school girls, and boy! does it ring bells. It is very realistic in dealing with the difficulties of making friends and being in with the popular kids or not.
Apr 07, 2011
Kaylee
added it
Girls acting catty so far is really good. It is mostly about 5 girls going trick or treating for the first time by there self. They are dressed as exotic fish and one girl named Racheal is dressed as a castle from the fish tank. The girls acidentley frun into 8th grade BOYS with ROTTON EGGS!!!!!
This is the sequel to , but readers don't need to be familiar with that story in order to enjoy this one. Those who enjoyed this book might also enjoy the Red Blazer Girls series by Michael Beil or Gossip from the Girls' Room by Rose Cooper.
Borrowed from my daughter's personal library when we "played library" :-). Maybe I'd have liked it more if I was 10! Annabelle takes forever to clue into the obvious antics by Taylor and her clique; she's too dense to be believable.
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