Cliques and Popularity in Teen Fiction

The Opposite of Invisible by Liz Gallagher

• Alice tries life outside her group of artsy friends.  She finds some good, some not so good.

Fringe Girl by Valerie Frankel

• Adora attempts to overthrow the social hierarchy at her New York private school.

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

• Stargirl is not your usual teenager, and she rides the waves of popularity at her high school.

Harmless by Dana Reinhardt

• Pub Date: 2007
• High School interest
• See also: Secrets 
• Three girls react differently when the spotlight of popularity is cast upon them because of a lie they told.

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

• Melinda watches the cliques in her high school while she struggles with larger issues.

How Not to be Popular by Jennifer Ziegler

• At her new school, Maggie is determined to not make friends that she'll just have to leave again in a few months when her family moves.

Brutal by Mark Harmon

• Pub Date: 2009
• High school interest 
• See also: Long Lost Parent 
• Poe moves from LA to a small town where she takes on school admins (including her dad) on cliques and bullying in the school.

I'm Not Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl by Gretchen McNeil

• Pub Date: 2016
• High school interest
• See also: Labels 
• Bea decides to use a formula to break into the popular crowd.