The Clique books were even more unhinged than you remembered

Did you or a loved one read the Clique books as a middle schooler? If so, you may be entitled to financial compensation. Lisi Harrison’s groundbreaking young adult series centered around the glamorous life of very rich seventh-grader Massie Block and her group of minions. looking back, there was a lot more questionable, inappropriate and sometimes downright damaging material in the 15+ Clique books. Based on some of the series’ titles — like “Revenge of the Wannabes” and “It’s Not Easy Being Mean” — it probably does not come as a shock that the girls depicted in these books were shallow and dramatic to a nearly soap-operatic level. The Clique books also took delight in elitism to a nauseating degree. One of the most notably problematic themes presented throughout the Clique books is the main characters’ obsession with their bodies, their weight and dieting. Preteen girls, the precise demographic the Clique books were made for, are highly susceptible to such negative messaging about their bodies. As one Twitter user so eloquently put it, “Who let an 11-year-old girl read these”