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This is a page about the characters in Lisi Harrison's young adult novel series, The Clique series. The Clique series is comprised of fourteen novels, and the first novel of the series The Clique is being adapted into a live action film.

Protagonists

Massie Block

Massie Block is the official ruler of Octavian Country Day and used to being the goddess and idol of all the students, until Claire, a new girl from Orlando, comes and shakes her perfect, natural pace of life. At first, Massie cannot stand Claire and decides to make her life miserable, and Claire doesn't understand why Massie doesn't like her. Massie sees Claire as a threat and is determined to stop her. Her lifelong struggle was to be the Queen Bee. It's the only thing she has. Claire responds by turning Massie's friends against her, thinking it was the only way to "fit in" and be the popular girl at school that everyone worshipped and wanted to be. At the end of the second book, they finally become friends. Throughout tough times Massie and Claire start to rely on each other. In the first book Massie falls for Chris Abeley but discovers that he has a disgustingly beautiful girlfriend named Fawn. In the second book Massie and Claire throw a Halloween party and they both fall for a Briarwood boy named Cam Fisher. In the third book Massie finds out that Alicia started her own Clique and discovers Cam likes Claire, not her. While dealing with Alicia, Massie starts liking Derrick Harrington, or Derrington, as the girls secretly call him. Her life is nowhere near perfect, with Nina the Spanish boy charmer, getting expelled from OCD in Lake Placid, losing the lead role in Dial L for Loser to Claire, searching for the key to a secret room and not finding it first, getting Chris to fall for Skye Hamilton even though they were falling for each other, and designing the overflow trailers. Although Massie is known as the alpha, she is the one whom her friends have turned against the most often of the five girls. It has been stated throughout the series that Alicia Rivera is more beautiful than Massie, but Massie is known as being the most under control, over-thinking, and overall coolest member of the Pretty Committee, making her the true alpha. She is slender with chestnut brown hair and amber eyes.

Massie is played by Elizabeth Mclaughlin in the Clique film.

Claire Lyons

Claire Lyons is the “New Girl” of the Pretty Committee in the series. At the beginning of the series, Claire was teased constantly by the Pretty Committee, but survived months and is now a new member. Claire moved from Orlando, Florida. In "Invasion Of The Boy Snatchers," it was announced that she and her family would be moving to Chicago, but they end up staying in the guest house. Now she lives in the Block’s guesthouse and over the course of the series, has become very close friends with Massie. In the beginning of the series she is somewhat innocent and naïve, but is forced to mature as the cruel treatment from the Pretty Committee causes her to become more aware of what people think of her. She is obsessed with her boyfriend, Cam Fisher, despite their on/off relationship. In Dial L For Loser, Claire becomes a celebrity and must mature even more due to hateful treatment from Massie, Alicia, and her so-called celebrity friends at the end of the book. In the 9th book Claire becomes jealous of her ex-boyfriend's relationship with Olivia Ryan. Claire's parents are Jay and Judi Lyons, and her little brother is Todd. Claire has said in the past that she was ashamed of her parents for being slightly overweight and not dressing like the rest of the parents in Westchester, but she enjoys the fact that they don't make fun of her for eating junk food. In It's Not Easy Being Mean Claire must choose between pursuing an acting career or staying in Westchester, and she then realizes how much Layne Abeley's friendship, Cam's admiration, and the Pretty Committee's membership means to her, so she decides to stay.

Claire's first friend in Westchester is Layne Abeley, who becomes her best and only friend at school. As the year progresses, Claire forms friendships with Massie, Alicia, Dylan, and Kristen. Claire's appearance is described as pretty but in a plain sort of way. Claire has white blonde hair, blue eyes, and a healthy in-shape skinny figure.

Claire is played by Ellen Marlow in the Clique film.

Dylan Marvil

Dylan Marvil is the Pretty Committee's bridge to Hollywood and celebrities in the first book. Dylan's mother, Merri-Lee Marvil, hosts the very popular talk show The Daily Grind. Dylan is a very stubborn girl, but she is also very self-conscious. She continuously worries about her weight, even though she is described as being at a healthy weight. Along with her talk of her weight, Dylan is also considered the 'pig' or the 'comic relief' of the books. She is the only member of the Pretty Committee who is not afraid to eat in front of people, mainly boys, and she loves to belch. Dylan is described as having bright green eyes and curly, fiery red hair, though in Bratfest at Tiffany's, she returns with stick-straight hair. Unfortunately, in the same novel, she is outside in rain and her hair goes back to being curly. It is unknown if she will re-straighten her hair. In the book "The Pretty Committee Strikes Back" she later develops a crush on Chris Plovert, who is not sure if he has any feeling for her at all. In the "Clique Summer Collection: Dylan", she gets long hair like Svetlana Slootskyia (to impress a boy) who teaches her tennis. In P.S I Loathe You she becomes Derrington's girlfriend.

Dylan is played by Sophie Anna Everhard in the Clique film

Alicia Rivera

Alicia Rivera is the beauty of The Pretty Committee and also Massie's beta. In the first three books, she expresses the desire to start her own clique with Olivia Ryan, but when she does so in the third book, Revenge of the Wannabes, Massie goes after her and quickly unravels Alicia’s clique, humiliating Alicia in the process. After “Revenge Of The Wannabes” Alicia seems much more content with her role as the beta. The Briarwood Boys consider her to be extremely hot, and she has a reputation as being the prettiest girl at OCD, which slightly irritates Massie. She and Olivia are also called the Twenty by the Briarwood boys because they are both rated perfect 10's. She is a sexy Spanish beauty and every boy in Briarwood likes her. She also has a crush on Josh Hotz and secretly develops a relationship with him in the 9th book. She is also known to be a tad richer than Massie. Alicia also has a big obsession with Ralph Lauren. Alicia is played by Samantha Boscarino in the Clique film. She is beautiful with glossy dark hair, brown eyes and perfect tan skin.

Kristen Gregory

Kristen Michelle Gregory is the athlete and the genius of the Pretty Committee. In books 1-3, she is obsessed with crossword puzzles, but switches to word jumbles in book 4. While she is part of the Pretty Committee, she hardly has any main plotlines revolving around her. She is very smart and attends Octavian County Day school on a scholarship. It is revealed about halfway through the first book that Kristen is "poor", but she is really middle class. She stands as the reason to the Pretty Committee, always at hand with a witticism or moral. While she has a tendency to switch to the winning side during fights, she proves to be a very loyal friend to the entire Pretty Committee. She loves to play soccer and is mistaken for a boy in the fourth book when her mom cuts all her hair off. It is revealed in the Kristen summer series book that she is the alpha of the "Witty Committee" which includes LBRs like Layne Abeley. She has a crush on Dune, a cute surfer, but later develops a crush on Dempsey Solomon, her new neighboor, who is being fought over by Layne and Massie. In Boys R Us, they develop a relationship, which irritates Massie and Layne. That was the first real fight between Massie and Kristen. She has long dirty blonde hair and hazel brown eyes.

Kristen is played by Bridgit Mendler in the Clique film.

Supporting characters

Jay and Judi Lyons

Claire Lyons's "overprotective" parents. They appear in every book. Judi is a little plumper than Kendra Block and is told "that can be fixed with pilates". Jay is old college friends with William Block and that is how they came to live in the guest house. They give more discipline to Claire than Kendra and William Block give Massie. Even though, they are still very supportive of Claire and even Massie.

Kendra and William Block

Massie's overindulgent and also very wealthy parents. It is obvious throughout the books, especially when Massie gets expelled, that they do not discipline her well, often, or enough. They also don't pay much attention to her, resulting in her constant need to be the center of attention. Kendra is described as very slender, a result of her doing tennis, pilates, etc., and William is said to be balding and a little on the heavy side. Kendra has had Botox injections and she has been trying to become more peaceful through her self-help book club. William was Jay Lyons's (Claire Lyons's dad) old college friend and that was the original reason why the Lyons came to live in their guesthouse.

Len and Nadia Rivera

Alicia Rivera's gorgeous parents. Nadia was a former model in Spain and Alicia thinks she is still pretty enough. Len is a very successful lawyer with tons of connections. Alicia constantly makes references to him and his job. She also gets him to get her things such as tickets for Beyonce's concert and into Fashion Week. Through the series they occasionally appear and seem to care very much about Alicia and other family such as Nina.

Merri Lee Marvil

Dylan's famous celebrity mother who hosts the popular show The Daily Grind. She is said to be very skinny but still worries about her weight. In the 5th book Strawberry says, "She looks like she hasn't eaten in 5 years". Also in the 5th book, she is the reason the girls got expelled, because she is seen by Dylan snuggling with their geography teacher, which causes her to run away, followed by the rest of the Pretty Committee.She appears in several books. Often, Dylan threatens others that she would expose their wrong doings on her mother's show.

Todd Lyons

Claire's little brother who appears in virtually every single book except Bratfest At Tiffany's. He is in 5th Grade, is 10 years old, and is described as having brown hair and freckles. He has a tendency to eavesdrop, something that Massie, Claire and even Alicia on occasion often use for their own gains. He has a crush on Massie and Alicia and often flirts with them, once going so far as to put a camera in Massie's shower. He normally delivers “C-notes” and candy from Cam to Claire. He attends Briarwood Academy and plays the tuba in the school marching band. In the second book he gives Massie Block her first kiss and then Massie is mad because she wanted Cam to give her, her first kiss. Todd absolutely loves the PC.

Nina Callas

Alicia’s cousin who appears for the duration of “Invasion Of The Boy Snatchers” in which she plays the antagonist. Nina is described as looking a lot like Alicia, but more beautiful and with a chest that "makes Alicia's look like a back". She tends to wear cheap clothing, like gold boots, tight tops, and booty shorts, but the Pretty Committee finds out that she stole the clothes from her older sisters. In addition to stealing her sisters’ clothes, Nina manages to steal a number of other items around the school, including Alicia’s Ralph Lauren argyle socks, a girl’s pencil case, and a teacher’s expensive MontBlanc red pen. She attempts to steal all of the PC's crushes by making them "ignore the PC". It is later revealed that she told them if they stayed away from the PC, they would win their soccer game. When they find out this is all lies, they try to return to the PC. She goes to the "Love Struck" dance with Derrington and they win Cupid Award. Nina's heist is then revealed. Nina has a major role in the Clique Summer Collection: Alicia. Nina's twin sisters Isobel and Celia make her dye her hair platinum blonde and get a Dora the Explorer bob. In the beginning she takes revenge on Alicia, but toward the end they make a truce.

Tiny Nathan

Nathan is Todd’s best friend, who usually appears when he does. He is described as having 'mouse-like features' and hardly ever speaks. He and Todd are often manipulated by various members of the Pretty Committee, but are often rewarded with kisses, so they usually don’t complain. In Revenge of the Wannabes, he shows a passion for wrestling with Todd. In Boys R Us, he is forced to dress up like a female newscaster for Alicia's Hollywood party.

Layne Abeley

Layne Jane Abeley is one of Claire's friends outside of the Pretty Committee and the sister of Chris Abeley. Mostly known for her quirky habits, see has peculiar food obsessions and wears head gear to school adorned with light-up magnets and picking outfits that do not match. She is often the butt of the PC's jokes, much to Claire's dismay. When Claire is fighting with Massie, Layne always helps her laugh. Layne's other friends are Meena and Heather, two girls that share Layne's interests.

Chris Abeley

Layne Abeley’s fifteen year-old brother appears in It’s Not Easy Being Mean, The Clique and “Sealed With A Diss.” He is described as having gorgeous navy blue eyes and blonde hair. Massie had a crush on him in the first book, but “dropped” him when she found out that he had a girlfriend, Fawn. In Sealed With a Diss, Massie has to convince him to fall for Skye Hamilton, but he ends up falling for her instead. Chris loves his horse, Tricky, but in "It's Not Easy Being Mean", when Chris and Fawn break up, Fawn tells everyone Chris puts a wig on Tricky and pretends she is his girlfriend, and everyone makes fun of him. It is unknown if they will start dating. Massie used him to get the secret key for the secret room and to get Chris to go with Skye Hamilton at her Famous Couples Party. He began crushing on Massie Block when she transformed him into a hawtie x10. Chris and Massie go to the same horseback riding stables, Galwaugh Farms.

Cam Fisher

Cam first appears in the second novel and every novel after that, and is Claire Lyons' on again off again boyfriend. He is described as having one blue eye and one green eye with long dark hair, however in a different novel it is said that he has golden brown hair. Massie initially had a crush on Cam, but after she learned he liked Claire she gave up on him. Initially Cam and Claire "date" by exchanging emails and Cam sending her gifts through her younger brother. When Cam begins avoiding her unexpectedly for weeks, Claire kisses Josh Hotz thinking Cam has broken up with her. Cam forgives her. Later Claire begins spying on him when she suspects he is cheating. Innocent of the charge, and annoyed by her actions, he breaks up with her and begins dating Olivia Ryan. He later breaks up with Olivia, asks Claire to forgive him, and they begin dating again.

Harris Fisher

Cam Fisher’s older brother who appears most notably “Revenge Of The Wannabes”. Harris is described as being tall, with green eyes and black hair. Alicia had a crush on him but realized he was just using her and her father’s connections to get tickets for a Strokes concert. He also appears in "It's Not Easy Being Mean" as one of the Briarwood Boys that might have the key under his mattress.

Derrick Harrington

More often referred to as "Derrington' throughout the novels, Derrick appears prominently in The Pretty Committee Strikes Back, Sealed with a Diss, Revenge of the Wannabes and Bratfest at Tiffany's. Derrick acts as a dramatic foil for Massie, starting out as her friends' crush, then her crush, then her boyfriend and, eventually, her ex-boyfriend. Derrick seems to be the only boy that Massie gets nervous around. He is written as having shaggy blonde hair and large brown eyes. He plays goalie for the Briarwood soccer team. He is noted as having many quirks, including wearing shorts all the time, even in winter, wiggling and flashing his butt after scoring a goal and referring to most people, even Massie, by their last names. Massie and Derrick's relationship is foreshadowed in the third book, but it is fully revealed in the fourth one. After Nina Callas convinces Massie that Derrick likes her (Nina) and not Massie, Massie ignores him. After Nina is thrown out of OCD, Massie and Derrick talk and they make up. Massie gives Derrick her "M" brooch, which he continues to wear well into the fifth book. In The Pretty Committee Strikes Back Massie, through a series of lies to the other girls she is "tutoring" to kiss, unintentionally leads Derrick to believe that she has been seeing someone else. He confronts her and she apologizes. They kiss and make up once again and it seems as if their relationship is good and well. However, he breaks up with Massie in book 8, because he has an "issue" with her. He later tells her he's into older girls because they're more "mature". He also thinks Massie is dating Chris Abely, Layne's older brother because she spends a lot of time with Chris. This is because for the key to the secret room (bomb shelter where alpha eight graders hang out) from 8th grade alpha Skye Hamilton, Massie has to get Chris to like Skye. If Massie doesn't hook up Skye with Chris, the PC doesn't get access to the bomb shelter at all, thus destroying their hopes of their 8th grade alpha status. In the ninth book, Derrick changes his style, (i.e. wearing jeans for the first time) but Massie becomes interested in Dempsey Solomon, a once LBR. In P.S. I Loathe You, Derrick confesses to Dylan, to whom he has taken a slight interest, that he only wore shorts because he had lost a bet & that he didn't like the nickname "Derrington". In the same book, he starts dating Dylan. Of all the couples in P.S. I Loathe You and Boys R Us, these two seem to be the most comfortable with each other.

Josh Hotz

Josh makes his first Clique appearance in book 4, during Nina Callas’s Welcome To Westchester party. Alicia sees him as a potential crush and begins to gather information on him. She learns that he is not an exchange student from Hotchkiss Academy as the principal told everyone, but, rather, he was expelled after pulling a fire alarm before a major test. He is on the soccer team, as many of the Pretty Committee’s crushes are and is described to be a preppy Ralph Lauren lover and enjoys gossip, like Alicia, with dark hair and thick eyelashes. He has olive skin and licorice-red lips. He remains relatively unseen in Invasion of the Boy Snatchers, only appears three times in the entire book, but he is featured more prominently in Bratfest at Tiffany's. At the end of Invasion of the Boy Snatchers Claire Lyons kisses him because Cam Fisher was ignoring her. He is lead to believe that Claire genuinely likes him and seems somewhat hurt when Claire gets back together with Cam. In Dial L For Loser, Josh shows that he likes Alicia back by giving her daisies. Little is seen of him in It's Not Easy Being Mean and he reappears at the end of Sealed with a Diss after attending Skye Hamilton’s Famous Couples party with Alicia as Ralph and Ricky Lauren. In Bratfest at Tiffany's Josh and Alicia secretly begin dating even though Massie’s boy-fast prohibits the Pretty Committee girls from dating. At the end of "Bratfest at Tiffany's" Massie calls off the boy-fast. They are still going strong in "Boys R Us."

Kemp Hurley

Kemp only appears in four novels, “Invasion of the Boy Snatchers”, “Sealed with a Diss”, "Bratfest at Tiffany's" and "The Pretty Committee Strikes Back". In “Invasion of the Boy Snatchers” he attends the Love Struck Dance with Kristen Gregory. Kristen seems to show absolutely no romantic feeling for him and she only asks him to the dance so that he will kiss her so she will win the “Who Can Get Kissed First?” bet. He attends Skye Hamilton’s Famous Couples party with Dylan who also goes with another boy from Briarwood. In "Bratfest at Tiffany's" he plays a role of an "ex-crush" in their boyfast

Chris Plovert

Chris, mostly referred to as Plovert, appears in only four novels, "Invasion of the Boy Snatchers," "Sealed with a Diss", "The Pretty Committee Strikes Back" and "Bratfest at Tiffany's." In the fourth and fifth books, he has broken his leg and constantly wears a cast, so Dylan picks him as her date for the Valentine's Day Dance because he cannot run away from her. In "The Pretty Committee Strikes Back", he is known to have a crush on Olivia Ryan, but later develops a crush on Dylan and goes to Skye's party with her and Kemp as Ashton Kutcher in "Sealed With A Diss".

Griffin Hastings

Griffin only appears in one novel- “Sealed with a Diss". He is described as having spiky black hair and large green eyes. His father owns the pizza parlor 'A Slice of Heaven.' At first he appears to be sensitive and kind, (reading books like "The Notebook") but it is later found out that the whole thing is an act to get a good grade in the ESP class. Truly, he's a huge horror fan and likes to read horror novels, not chick lit books as Kristen and the rest of the Pretty Committee suspected. He was Kristen's crush and date for Skye's Famous Couples Party. He and Kristen went as Chucky and the Bride of Chucky. He, unlike the rest of the Pretty Committee’s crushes, does not play soccer.

Dempsey Solomon

A former LBR and a non-soccer guy. He is a friend and crush of Layne's. When he was an LBR, he was called "Humpty Dempsey" by Massie because he was chubby. Over the summer, he and his parents went to Africa to help rebuild houses, which is how he became a HART. Massie crushes on him in book 9, despite the rules of her own "boyfast". Dempsey is described as muscular, caramel blonde, somewhat tall, funny, nice, green-eyed, and deeply tanned. Claire uses him to "jealousy-flirt" so she can get Cam Fisher back, again despite the boyfast. He was the role model for the LBR guys in the overflow trailers when Massie was giving them make-overs. At the end, Massie ends up liking him so much that she ends her own "boyfast". In P.S I Loathe You, both Layne, Kristen's SBF (Secret Best Friend) and Massie ask Kristen to find out who he likes, as they are neighbors. Dempsey reveals that he likes Kristen, and in Boys R Us, they begin to date.

Skye Hamilton

Skye Hamilton appears in It's Not Easy Being Mean and Sealed with a Diss. Skye is an 8th grade alpha and has her own clique, the DSL Daters (they make super-fast connections with boys). Skye has thick buttery-blond waves and Tiffany-box blue eyes. Her parents, including her famous-dancer mother, own the Body Alive Dance Studio. She herself adores dancing - and performing. She loves mini-things, animals, and kissing boys. She wears bangles, one for each boy she's kissed. Skye Hamilton is also one of the main characters in the new spin-off series by Lisi Harrison, Alphas.

Olivia Ryan

Olivia, more commonly known as "Duh-Livia or Faux-Livia", ("Duh-livia" because she was ditzy, and "Faux-Livia" because she is known for buying cheap knock-offs.)is Alicia's good friend from dance class. Appearing in books 2,3,5,7,8,9, and 10, Olivia is seen as a ditzy girl with white blond hair. She is also known as the other part of Twenty with Alicia. Claire finds Alicia prettier than Olivia but in a less obvious way. When she and Alicia attempt to form their own clique, it is she who recruits Kori and Strawberry (see below), and in book 9, it is she who steals Cam from Claire.

Coral "Strawberry" McAdams

The Dylan "replacement" in Revenge of the Wannabes, who also attends OCD. In book 3, when Alicia attempts to break away from the PC and start her own clique, where she, not Massie, would be the alpha, Olivia Ryan thinks of her as one of two girls as additional members of their new group. She also hangs around the Briarwood soccer boys in the ninth book. Strawberry, whose real name is Coral, has bright red hair and mint green eyes, shops at the store Strawberry, and turns pink when she gets angry. Besides having red hair, another similarity to Dylan is that they both love to eat. In book 5, she is the only girl not to join M.U.C.K. and acts obnoxious as a group leader.

Kori Gedman

The Kristen "replacement" in Revenge of the Wannabes who also attends OCD. In book 3, when Alicia attempts to break away from the PC and start her own clique, where she, not Massie, would be the alpha, Olivia Ryan thinks of her as one of two girls as being additional members of their new group. She also hangs around the Briarwood soccer boys in the ninth book. Kori is described as being the "second best athlete at OCD" (the first being Kristen), having a horrible, slouchy posture, possessing a "psycho laugh," and also an occupant of the Brickview Apartments.

Nurse Adele

Nurse Adele appears in the first, second, and the fourth novels. Although not as important to other girls in OCD, Nurse Adele provides comfort and hope for Claire when she needs it. Claire first meets Nurse Adele when Alicia puts a streak of red paint on Claire's pants to make it look like Claire had started her period during class. Nurse Adele allows Claire to take clothes from the Lost & Found because she knows that none of the other girls will want their “last season” clothes back.

References

• The Clique
• Lists of characters in written fiction