false 996683 3 When does truth become gossip? Maggie's parents have just split up, and she's moved from New Jersey to New York City with her mom. Desperate to make new friends and to distract herself from troubles at home, she falls in with a group of social butterflies at the ritzy private school she now attends. These girls keep a top-secret record of their classmates' most intimate details on a wall in one of their apartments. Maggie's friends insist they are collecting the truth, not gossip, about the lives of today's teenagers. But she soon learns that certain information in the wrong hands can do irreparable damage. This is the second novel from Publishers Weekly Flying Start author and literacy legacy Lizabeth Zindel. 982176 15 5 2008 The Secret Rites of Social Butterflies total:60|5:9|4:16|3:20|2:12|1:3| 60 196 135 19 5 1 false false Sun May 11 22:19:17 -0700 2008 Sun May 11 22:19:29 -0700 2008
Maggie Wishnick has moved from a small town in New Jersey to the Big Apple and is about to start as a senior at the prestigious Berkley Prep. On her first day, she meets Anne Marie, who is smart and friendly, but not one of the powerful girls of Ber...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Sep 30 12:42:46 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 12:42:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jan 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 06:14:46 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 09:53:44 -0800 2009 ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 20:50:48 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 20:58:58 -0700 2009
i wanted more of grandpa jack, and why the pressures of normal teenage life - or not "normal" - are so hard. becaus...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jun 04 18:14:54 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 28 01:17:57 -0800 2009
It reminded me of Mean Girl in a way, especially at the end. You remember the Burn Book in which Regina George talked smack about all of her classmates? What is present here, instead of a book, is a wall where the girls who constitute the Revelers write tr...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 13:47:09 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 17:03:07 -0700 2009
1)I got into reading this book, because I was browsing a section of the library, looking for a book, and came across this one instead.
4) The author wants us to know...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 22 08:04:59 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 08:06:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 14:10:36 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 14:18:43 -0700 2008
I think it is interesting that boys do not play the total central role in this story, it is power, and control. The girls are smart, sophisticated and much more concerned with their own aca...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 15 13:36:05 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 13:42:00 -0700 2008
This is a lot like a Gossip Girls/Clique book, and like them it will become rapidly dated by its constant dropping of brand names and personalities.

Zindel tries to raise t...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 20 15:11:31 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 15:13:34 -0700 2009 Rhymes With Witches with a slightly better ending. Also, a lot of things seemed to be conveniently glossed over or left out (such as where Maggie did end up getting all the money for her designer outfits) which was irritating.]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 12 21:06:14 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 21:18:09 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Apr 25 17:33:30 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 17:33:30 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Tue Jul 14 16:23:52 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 16:32:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Aug 24 07:18:48 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 07:19:09 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Fri May 01 20:45:34 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 20:47:57 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 07:59:51 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 08:01:21 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Fri Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 14:48:41 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 14:49:49 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Sat Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 21:57:53 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 21:58:58 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 01 17:13:02 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 12 12:15:14 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 30 15:11:16 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 15:11:21 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=996683