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Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls #5
Glitter Girls
Allie is mega excited when Erica's big sister Missy enters the regional Twirltacular baton competition and Erica is allowed to bring all her best friends to watch. But Allie is also invited to Brittany Hauser's birthday party on the same day and will be driven in a stretch limo to the famous Glitterati store, followed by a night in a five-star hotel. Allie really wants to see Missy perform and she thinks Brittany and her friends are snobby, but riding in a limo is a lifelong dream! She decides a little white lie is the best way to keep everyone happy - until everything goes spectacularly wrong and Allie realises she's made a big mistake. Allie has to learn the hard way that bending the rules is a dangerous game...
179 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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Meg Cabot
188 books35.4k followersLibrarian note: AKA Jenny Carroll (1-800-Where-R-You series), AKA Patricia Cabot (historical romance novels).
Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were aware of the stigma of being a fire horse -- at least until Meg became a teenager, when she flunked freshman Algebra twice, then decided to cut her own bangs. After six years as an undergrad at Indiana University, Meg moved to New York City (in the middle of a sanitation worker strike) to pursue a career as an illustrator, at which she failed miserably, forcing her to turn to her favorite hobby--writing novels--for emotional succor. She worked various jobs to pay the rent, including a decade-long stint as the assistant manager of a 700 bed freshmen dormitory at NYU, a position she still occasionally misses.
She is now the author of nearly fifty books for both adults and teens, selling fifteen million copies worldwide, many of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers, most notably The Princess Diaries series, which is currently being published in over 38 countries, and was made into two hit movies by Disney. In addition, Meg wrote the Mediator and 1-800-Where-R-You? series (on which the television series, Missing, was based), two All-American Girl books, Teen Idol, Avalon High, How to Be Popular, Pants on Fire, Jinx, a series of novels written entirely in email format (Boy Next Door, Boy Meets Girl, and Every Boy's Got One), a mystery series (Size 12 Is Not Fat/ Size 14 Is Not Fat Either/Big Boned), and a chick-lit series called Queen of Babble.
Meg is now writing a new children's series called Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls. Her new paranormal series, Abandon, debuts in Summer of 2011.
Meg currently divides her time between Key West, Indiana, and New York City with a primary cat (one-eyed Henrietta), various back-up cats, and her husband, who doesn't know he married a fire horse. Please don't tell him.
Series:
* Airhead
* The Princess Diaries
* Mediator
Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were aware of the stigma of being a fire horse -- at least until Meg became a teenager, when she flunked freshman Algebra twice, then decided to cut her own bangs. After six years as an undergrad at Indiana University, Meg moved to New York City (in the middle of a sanitation worker strike) to pursue a career as an illustrator, at which she failed miserably, forcing her to turn to her favorite hobby--writing novels--for emotional succor. She worked various jobs to pay the rent, including a decade-long stint as the assistant manager of a 700 bed freshmen dormitory at NYU, a position she still occasionally misses.
She is now the author of nearly fifty books for both adults and teens, selling fifteen million copies worldwide, many of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers, most notably The Princess Diaries series, which is currently being published in over 38 countries, and was made into two hit movies by Disney. In addition, Meg wrote the Mediator and 1-800-Where-R-You? series (on which the television series, Missing, was based), two All-American Girl books, Teen Idol, Avalon High, How to Be Popular, Pants on Fire, Jinx, a series of novels written entirely in email format (Boy Next Door, Boy Meets Girl, and Every Boy's Got One), a mystery series (Size 12 Is Not Fat/ Size 14 Is Not Fat Either/Big Boned), and a chick-lit series called Queen of Babble.
Meg is now writing a new children's series called Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls. Her new paranormal series, Abandon, debuts in Summer of 2011.
Meg currently divides her time between Key West, Indiana, and New York City with a primary cat (one-eyed Henrietta), various back-up cats, and her husband, who doesn't know he married a fire horse. Please don't tell him.
Series:
* Airhead
* The Princess Diaries
* Mediator
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January 11, 2013I just finished the best book ever "Glitter Girls and the Great Fake Out," by: Meg Cabot. Allie (Main Character) has to choose between two opitions, and she really wants to do both. The first option is going to Missy's (Erica's older sister, Erica is Allie's best freind) twirltactular and spending time with all her best freinds, The second option is going to glittorati, riding in a limo, going to go to the Cheesecake Factory, and staying at a fancy hotel, but she would be going with her x-best freind Mary K. Shiner, Britiny Houser the snoty rich kid, and three other girls from Allie's old school ( Britiny is the B-Day girl). I can relate to this because I once had to chose to either going to my best freinds party where we were just going play at her house, or I could go to my not so freind's Birthday party at blazer tag. I ended up chosing going to my best freinds house because I didn't want to have to see my x-best friend. I also once had to choice from these two ice cream flavors cookies and cream (which is my favorite) or I could get vinalla with two toppings it was a really hard desision, but I ended up picking vanilla with two toppings because I was not in the mood for cookies and cream. Which one does allie end up picking, the one that everyone would probably pick, going in a limo with her x-best freinds. Little does she know it ended up being worst party ever, at glitoroti Britiny made her dress like a pirate even thought she wanted to dress like a actress/vet, At the cheesecake factory they opened presents and Allie had given Britiny a book witch Britiny did'nt like because everyone else had given her a better present, Like Mary K. Shiner had gotten her a MP3, so Britiny and her freinds laughed at Allie's present exept one girl named Courtney. Allie asked to be exused, she went to the bathroom and tried not to cry, She was in there a long time so Courtney came to check on Allie, Coutney told Allie what Britiny and Mary K. were talking about while she was gone. Thay had been discusing what thay were going to do to her at the hotel, Like stick Allie's hand in warm water so she would wet the bed, and pull her sleeping out into the hall and lock the door, and they said they were going to dare Allie to pull down her pants in the loby. So Allie called her Uncle's girl friend to come and pick her up at the hotel, she said "yes" when thay got to the hotel Allie went home. When she got home she called her best freind Erica and said she was sorry about not going to missy's twirltacular, but it turned out that there was another compation the next day so Allie could go to Missy's twirltacular, Allie was so realeved that she could go to one of Missy's compations. My favorite part was when Allie got to go to Missy's twirltacular after all! I hope you read this book you would LOVE IT!
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January 18, 2013Glitter girls and great fake outs is by meg cabot. It is about a girl who has to choose between two opportunites. One of them is going to her best freinds sister's compation and hanging out with them or going with her ex-freinds to ride in a limo and go to a fun costime store and go to the cheese cake factory and a big fancy hotel for a birthday party. Of course, Ally picks going in a limo (who would'nt). I would probley pick the same thing that Ally did consitering in this sitionation there are a lot of fun things to do at this party.I really like how the book takes a turn and she gos with her ex-freinds instead of going with her real freinds because, it leaves you thinking why would she do that. It really suprized me that she didnt go with her real freinds because you dont usally go with your non best freinds you usally go with your real freinds.I rate this book 5 stars because its a really good book and it has a lot of twists and turns, you should really read it.
January 22, 2022
A stream of consciousness novel with Allie (a 4th grader) interacting with a myriad of people, creating structure with her list of rules, but requiring challenging decisions to be made in her quest to understand the gift - “to a true friend.” Recommended to me by my granddaughter.
August 29, 2020
This book was definitely the best in the series but it seems like all the books in this series, including this one had a predictable ending.
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February 28, 2026Glitter Girls and the Great Fake Out
Ericka has gotten all of her friends together to help her big sister Missy pick out outfits for the Little Miss Majorette Baton Twirling Twirltacular-middle school division-. It’s kinda a big deal because it’s the first time she’s let them into her bedroom since she hates them all (including her sister). At the Twirltacular, there are events in dance, strut, teams, showtwirls, solos, multiple batons, flags, hoops, and duets/pairs. Missy says if they don’t act like ingrates they can come see her compete. Allie, Sophie, and Caroline are planning to go on Saturday with Ericka. Allie is VERY excited about this!
The winner gets a trophy with a little gold lady twirling a baton. Missy decides on a rainbow leotard with purple glitter for the dance routine and a lime green leotard for her solo. It’s funny the song she’s doing the routine to is “I’m Gonna Knock You Out” and I can’t not help thinking is this L. L. Cool J. They all agree it’s ESSENTIAL they go to support Missy and help with her self-esteem. Allie says even tho she has ballet on Saturday, she’s sure she can skip it.
Allie comes home and finds her mother surprisingly packing to go to her cousin Freddie’s wedding at her Grandma and Grandpa’s house in San Francisco. She asks her mom can she go to the competition but she says she’s already told Brittany Hauser’s mother she’d go to her birthday party. Basically, Allie’s mom was kissing up to Brittany’s mom because her BMW dealership is one of her television shows biggest advertisers.
Allie hates Brittany because she’s cruel to animals and the last time she saw her she smashed a cupcake in her face. Which makes her wonder how she was even invited to the party. So, she REALLY doesn’t want to go to this party. That is until she finds out she’ll be going in a limo into the city and taken to Glitterati. Glitterati is a very famous store in the city where they do nothing but host birthday parties. For girls and for boys, too. You go there and get a makeover (hair and makeup…even the boys. Then they let you dress up in the costume of your choice. Like, you could be an undercover rock star or a teen superstar or prep school princess. They have everything.
After you have your look put together, you strut down a red carpet runway, and a photographer takes your picture. Then after that they’ll go to the Cheesecake Factory. After dinner, they’ll stay at the Hilton and watch the new Jonas Brothers movie on pay-per-view in their own suite. Then in the morning, they’ll have brunch. Allie’s mom says she can probably get her out of it and tell Brittany’s mom she didn’t know Ally made other plans, but Allie says she’ll go. She needs to practice her red carpet walk for when she’s a famous actree-vet. And it’s a good thing she’s going because it won’t be Unlce Jay watching her. It’ll be Great Aunt Joyce (who smells like medicine, makes her eat red things, and won’t let her stay up past nine).
Allie starts to feel guilty and decides to think up a lie that’ll excuse her going to Brittany’s party instead of going with them to the Twirltacular-a really good lie-. Allie tells her friends that if she doesn’t go to the party, Mr. Hauser might be mad at pull advertisements from the show. Which could cause her mom’s show Good News to loose money. This works and her friends all think it’s horrible and sympathize. Kevin spills the beans what the party will be like and they’re all happy for Allie. They talk about how they feel bad for Brittany because even tho she has money she’s still CRAZY and seemingly she gets it from her father.
Of course, Cheyenne has to try to make herself relevant and tells Allie Glitterati is for babies. Erica (I thought this was Allie’s FRIENDS) says WAY TOO MUCH and tells her that Allie doesn’t even want to go but if she doesn’t her mom might be fired. NICE “FRIEND”! Chyenne says that if she’s going to this party then she might want to make sure the gift is equal to or more than what ‘s being spent on the party. Rosemary tells her (VERY LOUDLY) no one asked for her “help”. Allie comes home for lunch, and finds her mom on the phone. She panics a moment thinking her lie was found out, but her mom says Aunt Joyce can’t come because she threw out her back giving her cat a bath. So, that means her Uncle Jay will be staying with them after all-assisted by Harmony (his girlfriend). At school, one of the girls (Marianne) calls Allie out on her lie. She says her sister whose in the class with Mark said that Allie lied about the party not to hurt her friends feelings. Allie tho blames it on Mark’s jealousy and says her mom just didn’t tell him about the job when her friends ask if its true. She calls it “using her acting skills”.
Allie comes home and tries to “kill” Kevin (which translates to sitting on him). Uncle Jay sees immediately that he did it because Allie didn’t invite him to the party. He says they were both wrong (Allie for trying to kill him) and makes them shake hands. Then he invites them to Pizza Express to make their own pizzas. Just before Allie is about to leave for the party the next day (She still had to go to ballet), she realizes her mom didn’t get Brittany a gift. Her mom says she had to go out of town for a wedding and that she’ll bring the gift next week.
Allie starts to cry and tells Jay she can’t go without a present around “these kind” of girls. Allie says they have to go to the mall. Her mom left him 100.00. He says he’s not using that. It’s for food. And he’s not using his money on a girl she doesn’t even like that called her Allie Stinkle. He suggests she go in her room and pick her favorite book and give her that. So, she grabs a book that she has two copies of (not really wanting to give it to her because its from Harmony but she’s got no other choice).
In the limo are Brittany, Courtney (her ex-best friend), Mary Kay Shinner, Paige, and Lauren. The limo is nice and has a tv, bar, and moon roof. Brittany is a trypical entitled brat. She’s rude to her mom and tells her talks to much and lets up the screen between the seats. Brittany asks Allie if she has a boyfriend and she says she could have had one but she didn’t want one because fourth grade is too young to be tied down. This makes Mary Kay cry because everyone has had a boy that wants to go with them except her. Brittany says she owes her five dollars.
Then they start talking about boys. The girls envy Allie because she tells them “she’s in charge” of the boys in her classroom. So, now Brittany is being nicer to Allie. Even Mary Kay is being somewhat nicer (tho not as nice as Brittany). Glitterati lives up to Allie’s expectations. It’s sparkly and filled with loud music. Lauren, Mary Kay, and Paige all fight over who’ll get to be an urban fairy like their guide Summer. Brittany says none of them will because it’s her party and she’s going to be an urban fairy so they’ll have to choose something else/
Brittany then chooses for everyone. For Paige an under cover rock star. Mary Kay a pop star princess. Lauren a teen superstar. Courtney a teen goth vampire. And Allie a pirate. Brittany and Allie get into an argument over her being a actress-vet but Summer says since she’s picked her look she’ll get her into hair and makeup. All knows that she’s now on Brittany’s bad side. So, not to mess up Brittany’s birthday, Allie goes to get turned into a pirate for her pictures.
Allie doesn’t think she looks that different so the guy gives her a diamond tear (of sorrow) sticker placed above her eye. Brittany thinks Allie looks dumb and next to their outfits she feels like she’s a little kid wearing a Halloween costume. Next they go down the runway. The other girls kind of run down it, but Allie puts a little *life* into her runway walk. When she gets to the end of the walk, she yells AAAAAARR and swings her sword at the photographer. Dusty says that’s the best shot all day and it’ll go up on the Hall of Fame. Everyone gives Allie congrats except Brittany who doesn’t look amused. But Allie thinks oh well she was the one who made her wear the costume.
In the limo, Brittany tells Allie she needs to take her party more serious. She embarrassed her. She straight up lies and says that she didn’t say Allie looked dumb in her costume. She instead says she looks cute. Then she tries to turn it around and make it seem like Allie’s in the wrong because she went off to a new school, got a boyfriend, and a celebrity mom and forgot all about them.
They next go to the Cheesecake Factory. Brittany teases Allie about her request to not have a tomatoe anywhere near her cheeseburger or ketchup. Brittany gets an IPOD and a docking station from her mom and dad. Mary Kay gets her an ITUNES gift certificate. Lauren and Paige get her a suede IPOD purse Courtney gets her a purple bracelet with sparkly bracelets from NYC. Brittany isn’t impressed with A Wrinkle In Time (can’t say I blame her). By this time, Allie knows (and has said about a 100 times) that she’s made a mistake and should have went with her real friends to the Twirlacular.
Allie goes in the bathroom and Courtney comes to check on her. She realizes that the necklace of a broken heart was a necklace she gave her on the last day of school. Courtney says she only hangs with Brittany because if she didn’t she wouldn’t have any friends. Allie apologizes for not calling her. She says Brittany isn’t mean but she’s not boring. Allie finds out from Courtney she was invited to the party because of her social status. But Allie corrects her and says people are making her life more glamorous than it looks. Courtney says Brittany has been doing all the things she has because she’s jealous.
She then goes on to say that tonight after she falls asleep Brittany is going to stick her hand in hot water to make her wet the bed and then take a red pen and draw all over her face to make it look like she has pimples. So, Allie calls Uncle Jay and tells him to come pick her up. So, he says he’ll call Harmony She invites Courtney to come to but she says if she leaves they’d never stop torturing her. Allie pretends she’s sick and has to go home. When she leaves, Allie steals back her present.
Harmony picks Allie up and Allie tells her everything (well not about the book and the lie about her mom). Harmony says its still time to fix things and tells her to call Ericka to see how Missy did in the competition. Allie apologizes and tells Ericka she’d rather go to a birthday at her house over Glitterati any day of the week. She then goes over to Ericka’s and gives her the A Wrinkle in Time book. Ericka says Missy made it to the finals and invites her to come see her do her solo routine the next day. Allie decides the Twirlacular is better because it wasn’t people pretending to be good at something, like at Glitterati. There was nothing fake about the Little Miss Majorette Baton Twirling Twirlacular. Courtney comrs to the competion and says the slumber party was a bust.
One of Brittany’s pranks gets them kicked out the hotel. (Pouring soda on police officers). They can’t even get into any others owned by the Hilton. Missy is GOOD! Missy gets a perfect score and wins the trophy for the middle school. Inspired by Missy, Allie decides she’s going to practice everything more.
My Thoughts:
I don’t know. I mean I get the message and all, that you shouldn’t let temptations make you forget who your real friends are… but… this was a pretty nice celebration for a 12-year-old. *I* would have liked this celebration. The only time I’ve rode in limo’s to my memory is funerals. There was no television, no moon roof, not caramel popcorn. And Glitterati even to me as an adult sound fun. Here the closest thing we have is a store where my cousin used to work that’s seasonal and only open around Halloween. We do have the Cheesecake Factory, but it’s not very often I get to go. I went last year and I didn’t really go inside. My stepmother went in to get my father a piece after we ate at a pork-chop restaurant for his birthday. Then staying at hotel-while I admit the last time I did that was NOT a good experience, there have been better times I remember fondly with my family. So… I’m saying this party over a Twirling competition? I can’t say I blame Allie for her choose. I think Uncle Jay and Harmony came down a little bit too hard on her. IJS!
Rating: 6
Ericka has gotten all of her friends together to help her big sister Missy pick out outfits for the Little Miss Majorette Baton Twirling Twirltacular-middle school division-. It’s kinda a big deal because it’s the first time she’s let them into her bedroom since she hates them all (including her sister). At the Twirltacular, there are events in dance, strut, teams, showtwirls, solos, multiple batons, flags, hoops, and duets/pairs. Missy says if they don’t act like ingrates they can come see her compete. Allie, Sophie, and Caroline are planning to go on Saturday with Ericka. Allie is VERY excited about this!
The winner gets a trophy with a little gold lady twirling a baton. Missy decides on a rainbow leotard with purple glitter for the dance routine and a lime green leotard for her solo. It’s funny the song she’s doing the routine to is “I’m Gonna Knock You Out” and I can’t not help thinking is this L. L. Cool J. They all agree it’s ESSENTIAL they go to support Missy and help with her self-esteem. Allie says even tho she has ballet on Saturday, she’s sure she can skip it.
Allie comes home and finds her mother surprisingly packing to go to her cousin Freddie’s wedding at her Grandma and Grandpa’s house in San Francisco. She asks her mom can she go to the competition but she says she’s already told Brittany Hauser’s mother she’d go to her birthday party. Basically, Allie’s mom was kissing up to Brittany’s mom because her BMW dealership is one of her television shows biggest advertisers.
Allie hates Brittany because she’s cruel to animals and the last time she saw her she smashed a cupcake in her face. Which makes her wonder how she was even invited to the party. So, she REALLY doesn’t want to go to this party. That is until she finds out she’ll be going in a limo into the city and taken to Glitterati. Glitterati is a very famous store in the city where they do nothing but host birthday parties. For girls and for boys, too. You go there and get a makeover (hair and makeup…even the boys. Then they let you dress up in the costume of your choice. Like, you could be an undercover rock star or a teen superstar or prep school princess. They have everything.
After you have your look put together, you strut down a red carpet runway, and a photographer takes your picture. Then after that they’ll go to the Cheesecake Factory. After dinner, they’ll stay at the Hilton and watch the new Jonas Brothers movie on pay-per-view in their own suite. Then in the morning, they’ll have brunch. Allie’s mom says she can probably get her out of it and tell Brittany’s mom she didn’t know Ally made other plans, but Allie says she’ll go. She needs to practice her red carpet walk for when she’s a famous actree-vet. And it’s a good thing she’s going because it won’t be Unlce Jay watching her. It’ll be Great Aunt Joyce (who smells like medicine, makes her eat red things, and won’t let her stay up past nine).
Allie starts to feel guilty and decides to think up a lie that’ll excuse her going to Brittany’s party instead of going with them to the Twirltacular-a really good lie-. Allie tells her friends that if she doesn’t go to the party, Mr. Hauser might be mad at pull advertisements from the show. Which could cause her mom’s show Good News to loose money. This works and her friends all think it’s horrible and sympathize. Kevin spills the beans what the party will be like and they’re all happy for Allie. They talk about how they feel bad for Brittany because even tho she has money she’s still CRAZY and seemingly she gets it from her father.
Of course, Cheyenne has to try to make herself relevant and tells Allie Glitterati is for babies. Erica (I thought this was Allie’s FRIENDS) says WAY TOO MUCH and tells her that Allie doesn’t even want to go but if she doesn’t her mom might be fired. NICE “FRIEND”! Chyenne says that if she’s going to this party then she might want to make sure the gift is equal to or more than what ‘s being spent on the party. Rosemary tells her (VERY LOUDLY) no one asked for her “help”. Allie comes home for lunch, and finds her mom on the phone. She panics a moment thinking her lie was found out, but her mom says Aunt Joyce can’t come because she threw out her back giving her cat a bath. So, that means her Uncle Jay will be staying with them after all-assisted by Harmony (his girlfriend). At school, one of the girls (Marianne) calls Allie out on her lie. She says her sister whose in the class with Mark said that Allie lied about the party not to hurt her friends feelings. Allie tho blames it on Mark’s jealousy and says her mom just didn’t tell him about the job when her friends ask if its true. She calls it “using her acting skills”.
Allie comes home and tries to “kill” Kevin (which translates to sitting on him). Uncle Jay sees immediately that he did it because Allie didn’t invite him to the party. He says they were both wrong (Allie for trying to kill him) and makes them shake hands. Then he invites them to Pizza Express to make their own pizzas. Just before Allie is about to leave for the party the next day (She still had to go to ballet), she realizes her mom didn’t get Brittany a gift. Her mom says she had to go out of town for a wedding and that she’ll bring the gift next week.
Allie starts to cry and tells Jay she can’t go without a present around “these kind” of girls. Allie says they have to go to the mall. Her mom left him 100.00. He says he’s not using that. It’s for food. And he’s not using his money on a girl she doesn’t even like that called her Allie Stinkle. He suggests she go in her room and pick her favorite book and give her that. So, she grabs a book that she has two copies of (not really wanting to give it to her because its from Harmony but she’s got no other choice).
In the limo are Brittany, Courtney (her ex-best friend), Mary Kay Shinner, Paige, and Lauren. The limo is nice and has a tv, bar, and moon roof. Brittany is a trypical entitled brat. She’s rude to her mom and tells her talks to much and lets up the screen between the seats. Brittany asks Allie if she has a boyfriend and she says she could have had one but she didn’t want one because fourth grade is too young to be tied down. This makes Mary Kay cry because everyone has had a boy that wants to go with them except her. Brittany says she owes her five dollars.
Then they start talking about boys. The girls envy Allie because she tells them “she’s in charge” of the boys in her classroom. So, now Brittany is being nicer to Allie. Even Mary Kay is being somewhat nicer (tho not as nice as Brittany). Glitterati lives up to Allie’s expectations. It’s sparkly and filled with loud music. Lauren, Mary Kay, and Paige all fight over who’ll get to be an urban fairy like their guide Summer. Brittany says none of them will because it’s her party and she’s going to be an urban fairy so they’ll have to choose something else/
Brittany then chooses for everyone. For Paige an under cover rock star. Mary Kay a pop star princess. Lauren a teen superstar. Courtney a teen goth vampire. And Allie a pirate. Brittany and Allie get into an argument over her being a actress-vet but Summer says since she’s picked her look she’ll get her into hair and makeup. All knows that she’s now on Brittany’s bad side. So, not to mess up Brittany’s birthday, Allie goes to get turned into a pirate for her pictures.
Allie doesn’t think she looks that different so the guy gives her a diamond tear (of sorrow) sticker placed above her eye. Brittany thinks Allie looks dumb and next to their outfits she feels like she’s a little kid wearing a Halloween costume. Next they go down the runway. The other girls kind of run down it, but Allie puts a little *life* into her runway walk. When she gets to the end of the walk, she yells AAAAAARR and swings her sword at the photographer. Dusty says that’s the best shot all day and it’ll go up on the Hall of Fame. Everyone gives Allie congrats except Brittany who doesn’t look amused. But Allie thinks oh well she was the one who made her wear the costume.
In the limo, Brittany tells Allie she needs to take her party more serious. She embarrassed her. She straight up lies and says that she didn’t say Allie looked dumb in her costume. She instead says she looks cute. Then she tries to turn it around and make it seem like Allie’s in the wrong because she went off to a new school, got a boyfriend, and a celebrity mom and forgot all about them.
They next go to the Cheesecake Factory. Brittany teases Allie about her request to not have a tomatoe anywhere near her cheeseburger or ketchup. Brittany gets an IPOD and a docking station from her mom and dad. Mary Kay gets her an ITUNES gift certificate. Lauren and Paige get her a suede IPOD purse Courtney gets her a purple bracelet with sparkly bracelets from NYC. Brittany isn’t impressed with A Wrinkle In Time (can’t say I blame her). By this time, Allie knows (and has said about a 100 times) that she’s made a mistake and should have went with her real friends to the Twirlacular.
Allie goes in the bathroom and Courtney comes to check on her. She realizes that the necklace of a broken heart was a necklace she gave her on the last day of school. Courtney says she only hangs with Brittany because if she didn’t she wouldn’t have any friends. Allie apologizes for not calling her. She says Brittany isn’t mean but she’s not boring. Allie finds out from Courtney she was invited to the party because of her social status. But Allie corrects her and says people are making her life more glamorous than it looks. Courtney says Brittany has been doing all the things she has because she’s jealous.
She then goes on to say that tonight after she falls asleep Brittany is going to stick her hand in hot water to make her wet the bed and then take a red pen and draw all over her face to make it look like she has pimples. So, Allie calls Uncle Jay and tells him to come pick her up. So, he says he’ll call Harmony She invites Courtney to come to but she says if she leaves they’d never stop torturing her. Allie pretends she’s sick and has to go home. When she leaves, Allie steals back her present.
Harmony picks Allie up and Allie tells her everything (well not about the book and the lie about her mom). Harmony says its still time to fix things and tells her to call Ericka to see how Missy did in the competition. Allie apologizes and tells Ericka she’d rather go to a birthday at her house over Glitterati any day of the week. She then goes over to Ericka’s and gives her the A Wrinkle in Time book. Ericka says Missy made it to the finals and invites her to come see her do her solo routine the next day. Allie decides the Twirlacular is better because it wasn’t people pretending to be good at something, like at Glitterati. There was nothing fake about the Little Miss Majorette Baton Twirling Twirlacular. Courtney comrs to the competion and says the slumber party was a bust.
One of Brittany’s pranks gets them kicked out the hotel. (Pouring soda on police officers). They can’t even get into any others owned by the Hilton. Missy is GOOD! Missy gets a perfect score and wins the trophy for the middle school. Inspired by Missy, Allie decides she’s going to practice everything more.
My Thoughts:
I don’t know. I mean I get the message and all, that you shouldn’t let temptations make you forget who your real friends are… but… this was a pretty nice celebration for a 12-year-old. *I* would have liked this celebration. The only time I’ve rode in limo’s to my memory is funerals. There was no television, no moon roof, not caramel popcorn. And Glitterati even to me as an adult sound fun. Here the closest thing we have is a store where my cousin used to work that’s seasonal and only open around Halloween. We do have the Cheesecake Factory, but it’s not very often I get to go. I went last year and I didn’t really go inside. My stepmother went in to get my father a piece after we ate at a pork-chop restaurant for his birthday. Then staying at hotel-while I admit the last time I did that was NOT a good experience, there have been better times I remember fondly with my family. So… I’m saying this party over a Twirling competition? I can’t say I blame Allie for her choose. I think Uncle Jay and Harmony came down a little bit too hard on her. IJS!
Rating: 6
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 7, 2010
This book is so good!!!This book is about a girl named Allie that has a choice of going to her friends recital or to a b-day party. She really wants to go to the party so she can ride a limo. How can she tell her best friend that she wants to go to the party instead of her recital? When she goes to Brittanys party,Brittany is picking on Allie. Allie wishes that she had gone to the recital instead of the the party. You need to read this book so you can find out the ending.
October 16, 2013
I read a book over the summer. It was about a girl named Allie who's mom is a small town tv star. Allies friends are going to a baton twirling competition and she is invited but lies to them; so she can ride in a limo, go to Glitterati, eat at the Cheese Cake Factory, and spend the night at a nice hotel. But it didn't turn out to well for her. She wasn't happy at how they were treating her. What will she do? What will happen?
March 2, 2024
This is still an allie finkle book, so it’s still a fun time, but allie really made me mad with all her lying to her best friends. All because she wanted to do something that she may never get to do again. I get it, but she should have listened to sophie from the beginning: it won’t be fun unless you’re doing it with people you want to be with
The only good think that came out of this book is that allie was reminded of her friendship with courtney (which even I forgot about). I hope this comes up in the next book
- Picking out outfit for missy’s competition
- Invited to brittany hauser’s birthday. Same days as Missy’s twirl event
- Mom doesn’t get paid for news appearances
- Want to go to baton event to support friends. But wants to go to the party because they are renting a limo
- Lies that Brittany’s moon is buying her friends
- Kevin spills the birthday plans
- Present price rule
- Allie “acts” to cover up the truth that Kevin told
- Forgot a gift for the party
- Got a book from her own shelf to give. Extra copy from harmony with writing on the inside
- Asked about boyfriends
- Glitteratti: be unique and look towards your future. Brittany is pushing allie to be a pirate
- Runway photoshoot in costume… based it on her acting skills and missy’s routine
- Everyone thinks allie is the most popular girl at her new school
- Cheesecake factory with her mountain of presents
- Allie forgot she became friends with courtney before she moved
- Brittany is planning to hate everything about allie and play pranks so allie calls uncle jay to go home
- Harmony comes to pick allie up
- Called erica and told the truth. Then gave her the book from harmony (after stealing it back before leaving the party)
- Still get to see missy at the FINALS!!
- Hausers got banned from hilton hotels because brittany poured soda on policemen
Chapter titles:
1. It’s important to try and not hurt someone’s feelings if you can help it
2. If you’re going to lie to other people about why you aren’t going to do something that you said you were going to, you had better make it a really good lie
3. It’s ok to lie if no one finds out your lying and the lie doesn’t hurt anyone and it isn’t that big of a lie and it’s partially based on something true. Sort of
4. In my house, nothing will get you in bigger trouble than lying
5. Liars don’t get any of harmony’s home baked cookies. Unless you cry hard enough
6. A present should come from the heart
7. Boy crazy girls don’t understand that not all boys are great
8. You can’t do something to make the birthday girl upset on her birthday on purpose
9. It’s important to always thank your hostess when you’ve had a nice time. And even when you haven’t
10. Sometimes the brave thing to do is go home
11. You’ll never know if you don’t try
12. Practice makes perfect
Other rules:
- Do not touch anything in missy’s room
- No talking in missy’s room unless missy says you can talk
- Leave missy’s room the minute missy says so
- Break the rules and missy will break you
- Always agree with everything missy says if you want her to stay in a good mood
- Do not slam doors
- Don’t interrupt people
- Never eat anything red
- Breaking a promise to do something with one person just because someone else asked you to do something WAY more exciting is a rotten thing to do
- If you’re going to lie to other people about why your aren’t going to do something with them that you said you were going to, you had better make it s really good lie
- Being overly concerned about your health can be unhealthy
- Nothing will get you in bigger trouble than lying
- Sometimes no matter how hard you try, you just can’t win
- “Thank you very much for having me” is what you say when someone invites you to a birthday party
- Saying “yes maam” and “no sir” are other things you have to say to grown ups when we are invited somewhere
- Just because you’re dressed like something doesn’t mean you’re going to magically transform into it when you’re grown up. It’s all good practice for later when it really counts
- Throwing food on the floor is bad manners
- There is such a thing as a tesseract
- Part of preparing to have a future career as an actress/veterinarian, besides reading every book in your school library about animals, is that you have to be ready for every acting challenge that comes along
- Saying the words “throw up” can make people who feel like throwing up actually do it
The only good think that came out of this book is that allie was reminded of her friendship with courtney (which even I forgot about). I hope this comes up in the next book
- Picking out outfit for missy’s competition
- Invited to brittany hauser’s birthday. Same days as Missy’s twirl event
- Mom doesn’t get paid for news appearances
- Want to go to baton event to support friends. But wants to go to the party because they are renting a limo
- Lies that Brittany’s moon is buying her friends
- Kevin spills the birthday plans
- Present price rule
- Allie “acts” to cover up the truth that Kevin told
- Forgot a gift for the party
- Got a book from her own shelf to give. Extra copy from harmony with writing on the inside
- Asked about boyfriends
- Glitteratti: be unique and look towards your future. Brittany is pushing allie to be a pirate
- Runway photoshoot in costume… based it on her acting skills and missy’s routine
- Everyone thinks allie is the most popular girl at her new school
- Cheesecake factory with her mountain of presents
- Allie forgot she became friends with courtney before she moved
- Brittany is planning to hate everything about allie and play pranks so allie calls uncle jay to go home
- Harmony comes to pick allie up
- Called erica and told the truth. Then gave her the book from harmony (after stealing it back before leaving the party)
- Still get to see missy at the FINALS!!
- Hausers got banned from hilton hotels because brittany poured soda on policemen
Chapter titles:
1. It’s important to try and not hurt someone’s feelings if you can help it
2. If you’re going to lie to other people about why you aren’t going to do something that you said you were going to, you had better make it a really good lie
3. It’s ok to lie if no one finds out your lying and the lie doesn’t hurt anyone and it isn’t that big of a lie and it’s partially based on something true. Sort of
4. In my house, nothing will get you in bigger trouble than lying
5. Liars don’t get any of harmony’s home baked cookies. Unless you cry hard enough
6. A present should come from the heart
7. Boy crazy girls don’t understand that not all boys are great
8. You can’t do something to make the birthday girl upset on her birthday on purpose
9. It’s important to always thank your hostess when you’ve had a nice time. And even when you haven’t
10. Sometimes the brave thing to do is go home
11. You’ll never know if you don’t try
12. Practice makes perfect
Other rules:
- Do not touch anything in missy’s room
- No talking in missy’s room unless missy says you can talk
- Leave missy’s room the minute missy says so
- Break the rules and missy will break you
- Always agree with everything missy says if you want her to stay in a good mood
- Do not slam doors
- Don’t interrupt people
- Never eat anything red
- Breaking a promise to do something with one person just because someone else asked you to do something WAY more exciting is a rotten thing to do
- If you’re going to lie to other people about why your aren’t going to do something with them that you said you were going to, you had better make it s really good lie
- Being overly concerned about your health can be unhealthy
- Nothing will get you in bigger trouble than lying
- Sometimes no matter how hard you try, you just can’t win
- “Thank you very much for having me” is what you say when someone invites you to a birthday party
- Saying “yes maam” and “no sir” are other things you have to say to grown ups when we are invited somewhere
- Just because you’re dressed like something doesn’t mean you’re going to magically transform into it when you’re grown up. It’s all good practice for later when it really counts
- Throwing food on the floor is bad manners
- There is such a thing as a tesseract
- Part of preparing to have a future career as an actress/veterinarian, besides reading every book in your school library about animals, is that you have to be ready for every acting challenge that comes along
- Saying the words “throw up” can make people who feel like throwing up actually do it
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 7, 2020
Allie Finkle doesn't know what to do. She's so excited to spend time with her friends watching her friend's sister, Missy, perform in the Twirltacular. However, she just got invited to a birthday party at the same time on the same day. Although she doesn't like the birthday girl, she really likes the idea of the party -- a ride in a limo, a trip to Glitterati, dinner at the Cheesecake Factory and an overnight stay at a fancy hotel. And how can she pass that up?
Allie tells a 'white lie' about her mom so she can go to the party instead of the Twirltacular. But as you might expect, not everything goes according to plan. Will Allie survive the party with her frenemies? And what about the friends at her new school? Will they forgive her for not making it to the Twirltacular?
I read this out loud to my daughter and really enjoyed it. Allie was just a normal kid with normal feelings that any kid would have. Yeah... any kid would rather go in a limo and eat a fancy dinner than anything else.. despite who was going to be there. And I know it's difficult for kids to be honest; at least she recognized it would hurt her friends' feelings if they knew she was going to the party just because. This was definitely an instance of 'what do you do?' which any kid might face, and of course, there were consequences to Allie's choice. A good lesson to learn... even as an adult. Would you rather go to the cool dance club with people you don't like or hang out with friends at someone's house?
Allie's rules were also cute. Kind of like rules I might have... but I only keep in my head. Like never make a left on a certain road. Or always hold the door open for people and say thank you. I like how Allie was so thoughtful at a young age. And I loved how much she enjoyed her true friends.
Allie tells a 'white lie' about her mom so she can go to the party instead of the Twirltacular. But as you might expect, not everything goes according to plan. Will Allie survive the party with her frenemies? And what about the friends at her new school? Will they forgive her for not making it to the Twirltacular?
I read this out loud to my daughter and really enjoyed it. Allie was just a normal kid with normal feelings that any kid would have. Yeah... any kid would rather go in a limo and eat a fancy dinner than anything else.. despite who was going to be there. And I know it's difficult for kids to be honest; at least she recognized it would hurt her friends' feelings if they knew she was going to the party just because. This was definitely an instance of 'what do you do?' which any kid might face, and of course, there were consequences to Allie's choice. A good lesson to learn... even as an adult. Would you rather go to the cool dance club with people you don't like or hang out with friends at someone's house?
Allie's rules were also cute. Kind of like rules I might have... but I only keep in my head. Like never make a left on a certain road. Or always hold the door open for people and say thank you. I like how Allie was so thoughtful at a young age. And I loved how much she enjoyed her true friends.
August 16, 2018
"I am seriously the best actress in the fourth grade. Possibly the world." (Allie Finkle)
In Glitter Girls, Allie has to make a choice between going with her friends to support Erica's sister, Missy, at her baton twirling competition or going to Brittany Hauser's fancy birthday party where she'll get to ride in a limo
Allie is an extremely likable and realistic 9 year old. She makes plenty of mistakes, but she always tries to do what's right.
I enjoyed the overall message about friendship in Glitter Girls. I was also reminded about just how mean 4th graders can be!
March 31, 2022
Allie Finkle is facing a great dilemma. She has been invited to a baton contest and Glitteratti (only the best most excellent place to have a birthday ever) on the same day. She decides to ride in the limo and go to Gliteratti with her former friends. She has some new rules to learn. Meg Cabot has such a strong voice when writing. I have read a YA, Adult, and now a middle grade by Meg Cabot this year and they are all completely different. I love how clear she makes her characters when she is writing for different audiences. I can't wait to finish this series.
April 19, 2021
Listened to audiobook.
Read
June 9, 2021i reread it bc i was bored and desperate to make some progress on my reading challenge . Not rating it but it's cute and fun
July 18, 2021
Felt a little low today so I pulled out one of my childhood favourites and it made me feel so much better
May 26, 2022
Cette petite série représente bien les problèmes des 8-10ans, s'ils avaient t à se confronter à ce genre de problème
June 26, 2023
3.5 stars.
March 8, 2026
The ending made the whole read worth it.
January 23, 2014
I just got done reading this book last night. I loved every minute of it.
Allie's had been looking forward to going to Missy's regional Twirltacular Baton Competition but that is until Allie's mom tells her that she is invited to Brittany Hauser's birthday party, who is a girl Allie didn't like. Then Allie has to choose between Missy's regional Twirltacular baton competition or her ex-friend Brittany Hauser's birthday party. She chooses to go to Brittany Hauser's birthday party instead.
However, Allie really wanted to go to Missy's regional Twirltacular baton competition but she really wants to go to Brittany Hauser's birthday party. She chooses to go to Brittany Hauser's birthday party because at Brittany Hauser's birthday parry she is going to get to ride in a stretch limo to the city and then go to Glitterati, the Cheesecake Factory for dinner and then she'll be spending the night in a hotel with room service and then she'll be getting to brunch in the hotel restaurant, that has a waterfall and glass elevators that open in the open air atrium.
Allie goes to the party and rides in the limo she tells the others that she has a boyfriend which wasn't true. At Glitterati, Brittany makes Allie dress like a pirate. Allie doesn't like pirates, her brother, Kevin likes pirates. She decides to dress like a pirate other than a actress slash veterinarian.
When it was Allie's turn to walk down the runway at Glitterati. She pretended that everyone in the story loved her and she was seeming to act like she was a movie star. When she got done Brittany's mother loved it. However, Brittany and her friends didn't think it was funny. I feel like Brittany thought even thou it was her birthday that none of her friends could have fun at Glitterati and be who they wanted to be but instead Brittany picked out costumes for them to wear.
When they got to The Cheesecake Factory, Allie ordered a burger but couldn't have ketchup on it because one of Allie's rules is don't eat anything red.
Allie didn't have a gift to give to Brittany. So, she had to give her a book that Uncle Jay's girlfriend Harmony gave her.
In the bathroom at The Cheesecake Factory, Allie has to get away from Brittany and the others for a little bit. When she got done and she was washing her hands she was surprised to see Courtney waiting for her. Courtney wanted to see if Allie was okay.
Courtney, who was another girl invited to the party, told Allie that when she was sleeping that night that Brittany and the others were going to stuck Allie's hand in hot water to make her wet the bed. And then they were going to draw red dots all over Allie's face to make her look like she has pimples.
To get out of going to the hotel and spending the night with Brittany, Allie had to fake sick to get to go home. To make herself sick she used the hand blower to give herself a fever, fixed her hair which had gotten pretty messy and practiced looking sick which wasn't hard because she only had coke, caramel corn and fries all day.
At the hotel, Allie noticed the book that she had given to Brittany which was "A Wrinkle in time" was piled on a big cart. Allie took the book back which I don't think she should have done even thou Harmony had given her the book and put in the book "to a true friend" which Brittany wasn't.
Harmony ended up having to pick up Allie because Uncle Jay couldn't,
when Allie got home she went over to Erica's house and give her the book "A Wrinkle in Time" that said "To a true friend" which Erica was.
The next day Allie got to go The Little Miss Majorette Baton Twirling Twiraltacular because Missy made it to the finals.
She got to go to he Little Miss Majorette Baton Twirling Twiraltacular even thou she missed the first day of it,
At the show saw Courtney, who she had invited the morning and turns out Brittany and the others got into trouble because they made a few prank phone calls, and Brittany dared Mary Kay to sneak out into the atrium and pout 7up on the heads of some people which turned out to be police officers.
I am glad that Allie decided to fake sick so she could go home because I don't think it was a very nice thing that Brittany and her friends did.
I recommend this book to everyone. Even thou it is a kids book I think anyone would enjoy reading it.
Sorry about the review. This is the first review that I have written.
Allie's had been looking forward to going to Missy's regional Twirltacular Baton Competition but that is until Allie's mom tells her that she is invited to Brittany Hauser's birthday party, who is a girl Allie didn't like. Then Allie has to choose between Missy's regional Twirltacular baton competition or her ex-friend Brittany Hauser's birthday party. She chooses to go to Brittany Hauser's birthday party instead.
However, Allie really wanted to go to Missy's regional Twirltacular baton competition but she really wants to go to Brittany Hauser's birthday party. She chooses to go to Brittany Hauser's birthday party because at Brittany Hauser's birthday parry she is going to get to ride in a stretch limo to the city and then go to Glitterati, the Cheesecake Factory for dinner and then she'll be spending the night in a hotel with room service and then she'll be getting to brunch in the hotel restaurant, that has a waterfall and glass elevators that open in the open air atrium.
Allie goes to the party and rides in the limo she tells the others that she has a boyfriend which wasn't true. At Glitterati, Brittany makes Allie dress like a pirate. Allie doesn't like pirates, her brother, Kevin likes pirates. She decides to dress like a pirate other than a actress slash veterinarian.
When it was Allie's turn to walk down the runway at Glitterati. She pretended that everyone in the story loved her and she was seeming to act like she was a movie star. When she got done Brittany's mother loved it. However, Brittany and her friends didn't think it was funny. I feel like Brittany thought even thou it was her birthday that none of her friends could have fun at Glitterati and be who they wanted to be but instead Brittany picked out costumes for them to wear.
When they got to The Cheesecake Factory, Allie ordered a burger but couldn't have ketchup on it because one of Allie's rules is don't eat anything red.
Allie didn't have a gift to give to Brittany. So, she had to give her a book that Uncle Jay's girlfriend Harmony gave her.
In the bathroom at The Cheesecake Factory, Allie has to get away from Brittany and the others for a little bit. When she got done and she was washing her hands she was surprised to see Courtney waiting for her. Courtney wanted to see if Allie was okay.
Courtney, who was another girl invited to the party, told Allie that when she was sleeping that night that Brittany and the others were going to stuck Allie's hand in hot water to make her wet the bed. And then they were going to draw red dots all over Allie's face to make her look like she has pimples.
To get out of going to the hotel and spending the night with Brittany, Allie had to fake sick to get to go home. To make herself sick she used the hand blower to give herself a fever, fixed her hair which had gotten pretty messy and practiced looking sick which wasn't hard because she only had coke, caramel corn and fries all day.
At the hotel, Allie noticed the book that she had given to Brittany which was "A Wrinkle in time" was piled on a big cart. Allie took the book back which I don't think she should have done even thou Harmony had given her the book and put in the book "to a true friend" which Brittany wasn't.
Harmony ended up having to pick up Allie because Uncle Jay couldn't,
when Allie got home she went over to Erica's house and give her the book "A Wrinkle in Time" that said "To a true friend" which Erica was.
The next day Allie got to go The Little Miss Majorette Baton Twirling Twiraltacular because Missy made it to the finals.
She got to go to he Little Miss Majorette Baton Twirling Twiraltacular even thou she missed the first day of it,
At the show saw Courtney, who she had invited the morning and turns out Brittany and the others got into trouble because they made a few prank phone calls, and Brittany dared Mary Kay to sneak out into the atrium and pout 7up on the heads of some people which turned out to be police officers.
I am glad that Allie decided to fake sick so she could go home because I don't think it was a very nice thing that Brittany and her friends did.
I recommend this book to everyone. Even thou it is a kids book I think anyone would enjoy reading it.
Sorry about the review. This is the first review that I have written.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 5, 2021
Awsome!
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March 6, 2017My favourite book of the series! I love the drama when Allie has to decide whether to go to her best friend (Erica's) party or her ex-best friends party riding in a limo, going to the cheesecake factory and staying at a fancy hotel. Will she go with Erica and miss out on pure luxury? Or will she bail on her to go in a limousine? (NOTE: I highly suggest reading books 1-4 before reading this book.)
January 8, 2016
Lina Ryadi
English 6 (1)
Good Reads #2
“Glitter Girls And The Great Fake Out” is an exciting novel by Meg Cabot. The story takes place in the U.S (they don't say where exactly it is in the U.S) , where the main character Allie lives with her family. The story began when Addie and her best friends were excited to go and support Missy, Erica’s big sister at the Twirling Contest. A problem arose when Allie had got invited to Brittany her enemy’s birthday party . Allie was so mad that she had to go even if Brittany was her enemy and she was so mad that she wouldn’t have a chance to go to the twircular contest with her best friends .But, she decided to go to Brittany’s birthday because she will have a chance to ride on a limo, and go to Glitteratti, and go to the cheesecake factory, and she will also sleep over at a luxurious hotel. The first thing she had to do is find a plan to convince her best friends why she won’t come to the twircular contest. Next, she didn’t want to break her BFF’s hearts that she is refusing to go support Missy so she had to lie that her mom forced her to go to the birthday party or she would lose her job because Brittany’s dad is her mom’s boss. But in reality, Allie really wants to go to the birthday party.
Finally, she had to get her a present but her mom was traveling with her dad so she had nothing to give her , so she gave her a book . Lastly, Addie didn’t like the birthday party because they didn’t treat her well. So, Addie faked that she was sick because she heard that Brittany was planning a really bad prank that would kill her. So Addie got back home and she was really happy that she is back home.
The main character of the novel “Glitter Girls And The Great Fake Out” was Addie; She was a very nice and caring girl. Addie treated all the characters nice and equal even though she lied. But Addie lied because she didn’t want to loose her best Friends. Addie grew a lot in the story because she learned a lesson that she should never lie to her friends and she can’t go to her enemy’s birthday party because it's better than her best friend's sister’s twirling contest . From the actions of the main characters, the reader learns that lying is not the right thing, all of this made the plot of the story very exciting because the story had a lot of problems and it gave a very important lesson that everyone should know.
The most exciting episode in the story was when Addie had got another chance to go with her best friends to the twirling contest, because I really liked Addie and she’s a very nice person and deserves to have other chances to fix her unforgettable mistakes . However, the most disappointing moment in this story happened when Brittany wanted to do a really bad prank on her and when she started laughing at her and when she made her cry. I would recommend this book to all the girls out there because the book is very inspirational. I think that all the girls out there would enjoy this book so much and even I really liked the book.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 4, 2013
Meg Cabot & Allie Finkle do it once again. I defy you to find a fourth-grade girl out there who won't relate to at least some of what Allie is thinking, doing, or feeling, & it's just impossible not to adore her lovably wacky family.
This time Allie is facing a terribly difficult decision: should she go see best friend Erica's older sister compete in a baton-twirling competition with all of her friends (batons! Glittery, colorful costumes! Trophies as tall as Allie herself!) or should she go to the birthday party celebration of a frenemy from her old neighborhood with whom she has a past (Brittany's a really mean girl - but a limo ride! Makeovers at popular party destination Glitterati! Dinner at the Cheesecake Factory! AND an overnight at the downtown Hilton Hotel - with a real, live waterfall in the lobby!)Both would be fun, but how many times is Allie going to get to ride in an actual limo, or have her picture professionally taken showing what she'll look like when she's an actress-slash-veterinarian? Even though her real friends are going to the Twirltacular, Allie just can't miss up an opportunity like this. So she sort of...stretches...the truth (which is totally okay if you're only doing it to keep from hurting someone's feelings) to her friends & gets ready to go to the birthday party of the century. Funny, though, how things often don't turn out the way you expected...
Allie learns some important lessons in this one, & although they're not subtle, they're imparted in a story that the age group will find absolutely gripping, in a situation that many of them will be familiar with.
This time Allie is facing a terribly difficult decision: should she go see best friend Erica's older sister compete in a baton-twirling competition with all of her friends (batons! Glittery, colorful costumes! Trophies as tall as Allie herself!) or should she go to the birthday party celebration of a frenemy from her old neighborhood with whom she has a past (Brittany's a really mean girl - but a limo ride! Makeovers at popular party destination Glitterati! Dinner at the Cheesecake Factory! AND an overnight at the downtown Hilton Hotel - with a real, live waterfall in the lobby!)Both would be fun, but how many times is Allie going to get to ride in an actual limo, or have her picture professionally taken showing what she'll look like when she's an actress-slash-veterinarian? Even though her real friends are going to the Twirltacular, Allie just can't miss up an opportunity like this. So she sort of...stretches...the truth (which is totally okay if you're only doing it to keep from hurting someone's feelings) to her friends & gets ready to go to the birthday party of the century. Funny, though, how things often don't turn out the way you expected...
Allie learns some important lessons in this one, & although they're not subtle, they're imparted in a story that the age group will find absolutely gripping, in a situation that many of them will be familiar with.
March 14, 2012
I chose this book because I read the first book and I liked it, so I thought that the second one would be better and it was in some ways, I learned a lesson through this book. The plot of this book was about a girl that had to decide wether to go to her old friends birthday party which was what she wanted because they got to ride in a limo and do all kinds of fancy stuff which she dreamed of doing, but at the same time she didn't want to go because they didn't really like her, they were mean to her and she was actually surprised that she even got invited. Her second choice was to go to her best friends older sisters Baton Twirling competition. Allie made a bad choice, she chose to go to her old friends birthday party and she had a horrible time,her "friends" were really mean to her so she had to fake on being sick so she would go home and she did. She was happy when she got home and also that her best friend's that went to Baton Twirling competition weren't mad at her. My favorite quote was " Practice makes perfect" because it's true if people have enough practice everything will turn out great, whatever it is. I really liked the authors writing style, I like how she put rules on top of every chapter and how she describes everything well in the book, how it is written. I would recommend this book to everyone, it is a great book and also has great rules in there that people can learn from.
November 30, 2010
well, i think this book is very awesome because it talks about a lot of rules and about cool stuff
well in the same time there is mean girls and awesome girl.Well i don't really think allie should of gone to missy twirling instead of going to ride in a limo with girls that hates her and talks means stuff about her well she just went to ride in a limo because that was her dream wich kevin wich is her brother who wants to go on the limo but he couldn't so allie had a opportunity so she went to a glitter shop and a fancy hotel and she she went to a fancy hotel wich she wanted to be a actress veterinarian but the birthday girl wanted allie to be a vampire but allie doesn't want to because she never thought of being a vampire or dream about vampires.
But she had to be a vampire because that was a rule because she told brittany wich was the birthday girl but brittay got mad so allie couldn't be a veterinarian because that was a rule you can't make the birthday girl mad.But i know that allie didn't really mean it to make the birthday girl mad anyways she let another girl pick the clothes for allie after allie started to dressed up allie said that the clothes didn't look so bad it was kind of cute.
But after she went
well in the same time there is mean girls and awesome girl.Well i don't really think allie should of gone to missy twirling instead of going to ride in a limo with girls that hates her and talks means stuff about her well she just went to ride in a limo because that was her dream wich kevin wich is her brother who wants to go on the limo but he couldn't so allie had a opportunity so she went to a glitter shop and a fancy hotel and she she went to a fancy hotel wich she wanted to be a actress veterinarian but the birthday girl wanted allie to be a vampire but allie doesn't want to because she never thought of being a vampire or dream about vampires.
But she had to be a vampire because that was a rule because she told brittany wich was the birthday girl but brittay got mad so allie couldn't be a veterinarian because that was a rule you can't make the birthday girl mad.But i know that allie didn't really mean it to make the birthday girl mad anyways she let another girl pick the clothes for allie after allie started to dressed up allie said that the clothes didn't look so bad it was kind of cute.
But after she went
November 6, 2012
Reviewed by Kira M for TeensReadToo.com
Allie Finkle is a proud resident of an old Victorian house where she goes to Pine Heights Elementary. Before that, however, she lived in another part of town and went to school somewhere else.
One day, she gets invited to two things the weekend her mom is going to be out of town. First is the Little Miss Majorette Baton Twirling Twirltacular, which one of her best friend's sisters is performing in. The second is a glamorous birthday party, in her old neighborhood with her old friends turned enemies, which will entail going to Build-A-Bear Workshop®, Glitterati, and staying the night at a fancy hotel.
Her mom already told her old friends that she was going to be at the Glitterati party, but Allie is torn as to which one she should go to. Will Allie make the right choice?
A humorous realistic fiction story that is fun to read. The characters are well-developed and memorable; the plot is believable and realistic. Readers who like Meg Cabot and have read the other ALLIE FINKLE'S RULES FOR GIRLS books, along with realistic fiction fans, will all enjoy GLITTER GIRLS AND THE GREAT FAKE OUT.
Allie Finkle is a proud resident of an old Victorian house where she goes to Pine Heights Elementary. Before that, however, she lived in another part of town and went to school somewhere else.
One day, she gets invited to two things the weekend her mom is going to be out of town. First is the Little Miss Majorette Baton Twirling Twirltacular, which one of her best friend's sisters is performing in. The second is a glamorous birthday party, in her old neighborhood with her old friends turned enemies, which will entail going to Build-A-Bear Workshop®, Glitterati, and staying the night at a fancy hotel.
Her mom already told her old friends that she was going to be at the Glitterati party, but Allie is torn as to which one she should go to. Will Allie make the right choice?
A humorous realistic fiction story that is fun to read. The characters are well-developed and memorable; the plot is believable and realistic. Readers who like Meg Cabot and have read the other ALLIE FINKLE'S RULES FOR GIRLS books, along with realistic fiction fans, will all enjoy GLITTER GIRLS AND THE GREAT FAKE OUT.
May 29, 2013
I like this book because the main character is called Allie, and my name is Allie too! Not only that, I think the series of Allie Finkle is really good. This story is about Allie's friend Erica invited her to her sister, Missy's competition. Allie really wanted to go. But as soon she found that out, her mom said that she is invited to that horrible Brittany Hauser's birthday party. But the birthday party is really cool. But she also wants to go to the competition. And she wants to go to the birthday party. So Allie lied to her friends to not make them not like her. When she went to Brittany's party, not everything went well. First, her mom didn't buy her Brittany's gift so she had to find something to give it to her, which is a book. Then, as she was choosing her costumes, Brittany made her pretend as a pirate, so she had to or else she is going to get very mad. She got laughed by all her friends except Courtney, which is also her good friend. At last, Allie went home, she didn't get to stay for the sleep over at a hotel. But she gets to spend time with her GOOD GOOD friends at last.
September 19, 2014
I read this amazing book titled "Glitter Girls and the Great Fake Out",in my oppinion it's a five star book.It talks about a very bright girl named Allie Finkle, she wrote a huge list of rules for teaching use girly life rules. Allie also teach use that things you dont like turns out to things that you really like,that is what happend to her.
It all started when Allie and her best friends Erica,Sophie and Caroline wanted to spend the best weekend ever,so when they heard about the regional Twirltacular baton competition they were really exited to go there.Only one problem Allie told her friends its sure she's coming her mom annouced that she had to go to Brittany's party and said that they were going to take the limo to Glitterati,its the girls dream store.When Allie heart the word limo and Glitterati she freaked out and was so happy.When it was the day of the party she was worried because of her friends she leted them go alone.At the end of the party Allie was the happiest girl ever.
It all started when Allie and her best friends Erica,Sophie and Caroline wanted to spend the best weekend ever,so when they heard about the regional Twirltacular baton competition they were really exited to go there.Only one problem Allie told her friends its sure she's coming her mom annouced that she had to go to Brittany's party and said that they were going to take the limo to Glitterati,its the girls dream store.When Allie heart the word limo and Glitterati she freaked out and was so happy.When it was the day of the party she was worried because of her friends she leted them go alone.At the end of the party Allie was the happiest girl ever.
January 24, 2016
I HATE Brittany Hauser!!!! All she does is make Allie feel bad for being herself. I, for one, thought it was interesting that she mixed outfits at Glitterati, and all that Brittany did was make fun of her creativity. The whole time in the limo, everyone except Allie were texting, because Allie is not allowed to have a phone until the sixth grade. Next, when Allie orders a plain cheeseburger from The Cheesecake Factory, Brittany calls her a freak. Plain cheeseburgers taste awesome! Poor Allie was also made fun of her present to Brittany; a book. Everyone just started to laugh, except Mrs.Hauser and Courtney, at the comic newspaper wrapping. I am actually surprised that Allie can withstand such a bully. It's almost like Cheyenne and Brittany are twins! Courtney, however, was not in on Brittany's plan at the hotel. The plan was to pour hot water on her hands to make her wet the bed! How cruel! All Brittany wanted to do is hurt Allie's feelings and embarrass her from the beginning!
Now do you see why I HATE Brittany?
Now do you see why I HATE Brittany?
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February 1, 2010
Allie Finkle may just be written for kids, but the humor will be appealing to readers of all ages. There's great characterization done by Cabot, including older characters such as Missy and Allie's parents, that is perfect for attracting both young and old audiences looking for a laugh. Cabot is amazing at capturing all these diverse personalities of these crazy little characters. She portrays Allie and her family together so well, and having siblings, she was able to write the best scenes including realistic interactions between Allie and her brothers. The cool thing about these books is that even though they're part of a series, they can totally be read as stand-alones and make sense at the end. Allie's "rules" provide a great base of solid repetition to keep the younger readers solidly interested. I'm hoping we do get to see Courtney again in future Allie Finkle books; she makes a great addition to an already wonderful cast of characters. Overall, a completely cute read--loved it!
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