Glitter Girls and the Great Fake Out

by Meg Cabot

Book Overview

Allie's back with a brand-new set of rules When her parents announce they're going out of town, Allie is convinced she's going to have the best weekend ever with Uncle Jay in charge...until Allie's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0545040477
• ISBN13: 9780545040471
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Length: 193 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Figuring Out Who Your Real Friends Are, Via Trial and Error

SPOILERS. Allie Finkle likes to play by the rules, and she has a lot of them. But here, even though she pretty much knows that she's breaking a rule of being a good friend, she justifies it and makes up a few lies along the way to get out of going to Little Miss Majorette Baton Twirling Twirltacular, a phrase that gets repeated many, many times in this book, in order to go to the birthday party of a girl, Brittany, from her old school who she doesn't like all that much, but wants to ride in a limo and go to Glitterati and stay in a fancy hotel. Every step of the way, she's torn, but goes for the glamour only to find it's not so glamorous. Allie comes off both charming and a little whiney at moments, but Cabot does a great job of painting Brittany as a mean girl (she calls Allie's outfit "dumb," then denies she ever said it) who makes Allie the butt of all her jokes (and potential pranks). Allie gets a chance to redeem herself, but some of her actions do come across as selfish, and though it takes her a while to realize that and rectify them, she shares both her moral dilemma, her excitement over the party and, of course, all sorts of rules, some applicable to girls' lives, some speciifc to Allie's world. There were times I found Allie too repetitive, but overall this was a cute, quick read with a message.

Smart role-model for girls

I adore the Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls series by Meg Cabot. Allie Finkle serves as a fantastic role model for young girls. She's independent-minded, spirited, a great friend, keeps her own book of rules to follow and does not care all that much about what others think of her or her strange ways (like not eating any red food). In Glitter Girls and the Great Fake Out, Allie gets excited because her parents are going away and her Uncle Jay will watch her and her younger brother Kevin. Allie knows she'll have fun with Uncle Jay and she plans to attend the regional Twirltactular baton competition with her group of best friends. Instead, her mom informs her that she must attend the birthday party of a mean girl: Brittany Hauser from her old school. Brittany always teases Allie about her rules and can be truly mean to her. Allie finds out that for the party the girls will be taken by limousine to a funky store called Glitterati where the girls will dress in cool outfits and get pictures taken, have lunch at The Cheescake Factory and spend the night at a hotel. Allie makes up a little white lie to Erica and her other friends that she must attend this party and cannot go to the Twirltacular. But once Allie enters the limo, things turn for her and just get worse. Brittany relentlessly picks on her and Allie spends her entire time wishing she were with her true friends. So what is someone who wants to be an actress slash veterinarian to do? Glitter Girls and the Great Fake Out is a wonderful book for third graders and up. It teaches them about friendship, individuality, honesty and being real in only the fun and page-turning way that Meg Cabot can write about young girls.