The Aristobrats

THE ARISTOBRATS

By:  Jennifer Solow

FIRST SENTENCE

“EXSQUEEAE-AY MOI?”

SUMMARY
from goodreads

It’s all about the Attitude.

Parker Bell knows the secret to beauty is pretty simple – wearing the right clothes isn’t as important as how you feel in them.  Popularity is like that too.  It’s all about attitude.  You have to picture who you want to be and then just imagine that’s who you already are.

This year Parker and her three best friends have made their way to the top of the populadder at Wallingford Academy.  And they’re ready to use their Aristobrat status to help spread positive vibes throughout the school.  But when the girls are assigned to produce the seriously lame school webcast, their popularity plummets!  Will this tragedy destroy the girls’ status?  Or their friendship?  Or both?

REVIEW

At first glance, The Aristobrats sounds like it will be a book about popular girls who are mean and only care about themselves.  Take another look.  It’s actually a book that teaches important lessons about friendship and self-confidence. 

Parker and her best friends (Plum, Ikea, and Kiki) are at the top of the populadder at their exclusive private school.  In case you didn’t know it, a populadder is “the unseen hierarchical system of popularity, the bottom two-thirds of which don’t count.”  Although the girls are way too concerned about their status at the beginning of the story, they are always very nice to the other girls at school.  I liked that.

When Parker and her friends are put in charge of the school webcast, their popularity takes a dive.  How they handle this turn of events and what they learn about themselves is surprising.  Maybe popularity isn’t what’s really important after all.

I love books like this where the tween/young-teen female characters have good hearts and evolve in a positive way.  Oh, and the amazing school setting didn’t hurt either.  If you are a little out-of-touch with tween-speak, there’s a handy glossary at the end to help you out. 

I am looking forward to the sequel, Stay Pretty, Wallingford!?  Thank you to Jennifer Solow for sending this book for me to review.

RATING

4        Plot

5        Characters

4        Attention Grabbing

5        Girlie Meter

4        Ending

22      TOTAL

5        STARS