The Pretty Committee is back and ready to become the alphas of the eighth grade. OCD --- that is, Octavian Country Day --- had better be ready.

Except that OCD is no more. It has been replaced by BOCD. The local boys' school, Briarwood, has joined forces with OCD because their school has flooded. Massie and her girls are worried that the boys will automatically become the school's new alphas just because the OCD girls will be too boy crazy for them not to. So Massie devises a plan: the Pretty Committee will become the New Pretty Committee, and she, Dylan, Kristen, Alicia and Claire pledge to be on a boyfast all year. They will let no boy tear them away from the more important things in life --- fashion, beauty, and each other. Massie even has Tiffany's charm bracelets made for each NPC member so they won't forget their pledge.

However, staying away from boys is harder than it sounds --- especially for Alicia and Claire. Alicia has a crush on Josh, who likes her back, and Claire can't figure out how to make her ex, Cam, jealous without it looking like she’s interested in him.

To make matters worse, BOCD just isn't big enough to hold everyone from two schools. So a handful of students are sent to the "overflow trailers," yucky portables that function as one-room schoolhouses, keeping Massie, Dylan, Kristen and Claire (but not Alicia!) away from the rest of the school. Leave it to the NPC to find a way to make over not only the trailers, but the undesirable students who cohabitate them.

BRATFEST AT TIFFANY'S is another clever Clique novel, with accented dialogue (Massie's "Oh my Gawd" begins to get on your nerves, but it’s cutely inserted into every word with that vowel sound) and trademark insult-questions ("Do you work for an American Airlines counter?"/"No"/"Then why are you checking our bags?"). Although not as re-readable as the beginning of the series was (the NPC, even if revamped, just doesn’t seem to be growing), this ninth installment is perfect for a quick beach read.