Cliques, Phonies, & Other Baloney

by Trevor Romain and Elizabeth Verdick

Book Overview

Revised classic provides a humorous take on cliques, exclusion, and real friends--updated to include online clique-tivity.? Clique: It's a word that's spelled funny and sounds funny, and (like a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1575420457
• ISBN13: 9781575420455
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 8

Customer Reviews

READ IT NOW

This book changed my life our forth grade teacher read it to the class after we'd been having troble with cliques. evrything the book talks about is true now we solve our clique problems with out using names or using examples from the book to put the bullys in the bullyed shoes. Signed Clique Hater

Friend or Clique?

As an educator (elementary principal), I see students faced daily with decisions that place them to either leave someone out, or they themselves, are left out. Trevor does a fabulous job of explaining how/why a "clique" can be hurtful. Students learn how to spot "a fake", how to make and keep friends, popularity truths/myths, and tips for cliques/friendships. The book is "kid friendly" and an easy-read. At the end of 2006, this book should be made into a dvd and we can't wait! If you are not familar with Trevor's other books/dvds, make sure you check them out. They are a great resource for students - whether you are an educator or a parent.

nice

i'd say is mostly for little kids because of the tone and because is a very small book (i read it in 10 minutes) and because it assumes the reader is a kid :) but quite educative. tells a lot. for example popular kids are just like any other kid but popular kids wear a nicer looking mask. 6 stars! :D what???? i can't? booooooooh!!!! ok, 5 stars ;|

Sticking it to the Clique!

Playground politics; office groups; clannishness among classmates; internet discussion board coteries/cliques - they do exist. Cliques don't end in childhood. Adults also encounter cliques on a routine basis, on line and in person, e.g. jobs and social organizations. Cliques and cliquish behavior are reinforced by constantly praising the same people and, in the case of the internet, posting on and/or starting threads that publicly laud and applaud the same people. I like the way this book explains clique creations and dynamics. I have always wondered how cliques get started; who calls the shots and how one rises to social power in order to start a clique and how to be more than just a satellite if in a clique, but not the leader of one. Kind of reminds you of Dobie Gray's 1965 song, "The In-Crowd." That song's lyrics describe clique behavior to a certain degree.

Great Book

My mom bought me this book yesterday, and I thought it was so good that I finished it within 30 minutes. It really told me a lot about cliques, and friends. I've never been in one, and I wouldn't want to be in one, but I've always been excluded by them, and made fun of, so this was a great book. It told me that even though people in cliques act like they're cool, really they're just looking for a group of people to hang around with so they look tougher.I think this is a great book for any kid/teenager who is either involved in cliques, or excluded by cliques. This is a great book for both, and a must read for anyone who has met up with cliques and phonies.