If only I could get my daughter, a rising 5th grader, at the beginning of her foray into the true world of cliquedom, to read this! Unfortunately, this will be the conundrum with this book... Those who need to read it (students, parents, teachers, administrators who are problematic) won't, while those who give this book the praise it is due probably don't. This book, as with all of the books I've read by Robbins, was phenomenally researched and written. I was a floater and it is always what my hope has been for my kids, but after reading this, I kind of hope to see them on the fringe, armed with the knowledge that HS is such a short time. I wish I had embraced my nerdom back then because I enjoy life so much more now. I shamelessly pursue my interests and am quite unapologetic of their dorkiness, and people love me for it. Bravo Alexandra Robbins, for once again writing a kick-ass book that calls all of our preconceived notions to task!