The Ashleys #1: There's a New Name in School (by Melissa de la Cruz)

Good grief! These girls need profesional help or something! They act cruel to eachother and everyone else, constantly judging those with less money then them. I can see some goodness in them-thank goodness, but it's rare. There is quite a few sexy issue in the book, like when that butler person opened the door for Lauren, the person commented that his "byseps flext in the most heart pounding manner" man I nearly pucked typing that. . . ew! And when the girls were dancing in the fancy car listening to a "bad song" and they were dancing inapropreatly, then it discribed one of the girls shirts going up too far, and people began whisling, Did I mention they're only 12!? They act like looks are everything, and if they don't look hot, there nothing, which is FAR from the truth. They do not take friendship seriously either, back stabbing each other even. Sometimes some things are funny, but in other ways they try to act like bullies and laugh at other people's pain. But I don't think people are seriously dumb enough to imatate this, and I sure HOPE there isn't a school as snotty as this, mine could care less about fashion. If one of these girls go to my school, she wouldn't survive. At the end I liked how Lauren saved Ashley's life. And I like how they try to be best friends, but one of the girls is more intent to take down the "leader" Ashley. I'm not saying kids can't read it, If i can they can. I'm just saying what I think about it is all. .

i think this book exagerates the issues you may face in highschool to show how teens may feel. every girl that reads this takes one charicter they feel most like them nad sympathises with them the whole book. this is just a novel nad noone actually take it seriusly. if anyone actually does tke this book seriusly they are pretty dumb. obvs. its not based on a true storey and noone actually like fendi and all those things nomore..i think that the charicters in this book are not very good role models. but iots just reading material since when does anyone actually use a charicter from a book as a role model but this book however is educational. it shows that all of them had feelings, meaning even the meanest of people may only be looking for a few real friends

I was stunned when I read this book. I could hardly believe that any girls could be so mean. The Ashleys are cruel girls who are terrible to others. They're bullies and no one stands up to them. One girl tries to fit in so she can break them down and help all of the other 'lesser' girls. At the end, she saves the mean girl's life, but what I hated was the part after that. It seems to say that mean girls will always win, and that the 'nerdy' girls will always be that way, and no one will be equal. I read it recently and thought that even secure girls may think this is how real girls actually behave. The sexual content wasn't terrible, but the girls stand up and do an inappropriate dance in a car on a traffic-filled street. The book is well-written, but if parents happen to find their children reading it, I assume they'd be shocked.

I do not think that it is a great book for children, especially for middle schoolers. Children are very influenced by what they experience because they are trying to grow up, however, what they hear and read should be monitered with their parents. I, at the end of the book could not find a solid reason why a young reader would want to read this book. The charecters are clique obsessed 12-year olds who are not positive role models for other middle schoolers. They push a point that in order to be happy, you need to be materalistic and bully others around. And although children need to be aware of what is happening withen schools, they shouldn't be encouraged to fill their heads with it. The charecters' parents are also not good role models too young readers either. The girls parents let them do whatever they want and do not have a firm disciplinary code. The girls' parents let them rome the streets of San Francisco, not knowing (or possibly caring) where they are. They do not show intrest in who the date and are more preoccupied with their own social lives. Although "The Ashleys" may be labled as a children/young adults book I think that parents should read it or talk to other parents about the content and then talk with their children about it.

Was an awesome book.