title: The Sisters Club: Rule of Three
author:  Megan McDonald 
description: Grade 46In this follow-up to <i>The Sisters Club</i> (Pleasant Co., 2003), the two oldest Reel girls, Alex, 13, the actor in the family, and Stevie, 11, the singer, clash when they both try out for the lead role in a school production of <i>Once Upon a Mattress</i>. As in the earlier title, Stevie is the main narrator, in standard chapters; Alex's sections are in the form of scripts, complete with stage directions; nine-year-old Joey keeps a journal and makes lists, which she illustrates with doodles. The story is believable, as are the sisters' interactions. The different styles add to the fun and help move the plot along quickly. Fans of Meg Cabot's Allie Finkle and graduates of Judy Moody will enjoy this offering.<i>Laura Stanfield, Campbell County Public Library, Ft. Thomas, KY</i> END
zlib_text: For Mattea Katharine Johnston, my sweet baby girl
  
  and
  
  Jennie Kim, BFF, for spilling the beans, sharing her memories, and always
  being an inspiration
  
  You wanted to be a member of the most powerful clique in school. If I wasn’t
  already the head of it, I’d want the same thing.
  
  —Heather Chandler, _Heathers_
  
  I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.
  
  —Groucho Marx
  
  1
  
  THE NOT-SO-NEW GIRL
  
  LAUREN PAGE SMOOTHED DOWN THE folds of her short plaid skirt and crossed her
  legs so that she could admire the shiny new black-and-white Chanel spectator
  oxfords on her feet a little better. They looked so cute with her thick
  cashmere socks scrunched down just above the ankle, she thought. She’d been
  wearing the same green plaid uniform to Miss Gamble’s all her life, but she
  was in the upper form now—seventh grade—which meant saying good-bye to her
  boring old Buster Browns and hello to the first boy-girl dance with the
  hotties from Gregory Hall, which was only three weeks away. And as 