"Mean Girls" meets "Wall Street" in this innovative look at teen popularity and cyberbullying.Kate is an average teen girl, not overly concerned with her looks or popularity, until she discovers that she has been ranked 71 out of the 140 girls in her senior class on a website called "The Market". Patterned after the NYSE, The Market enables participants to buy "stock" in individual girls, based on their "looks-to-brains" ratio and other criteria. When Kate's two best friends determine to "reinvent her brand" with an aggressive marketing plan (i.e. makeover) her stock zooms from "junk bond" to "blue chip. But who exactly is behind The Market, and what will participating cost Kate and her friends in terms of trust and self-respect? A great parent/daughter read, asking pointed questions about the illusory nature of popularity, image and exclusion.

I actually feel like i can relate to this book. It was a really good book. I give it thumbs up! Good writing. Nice ending.

The concept of being rated in high school intrigued me, and so I borrowed this book. From the start, it was really interesting, and so was the middle. The part I think was a bit confusing and unfinished was the ending.

Not a bad book, but I've seen similar ideas done better.

I guess this is a good idea but the author is a good writer...only sometimes you have skip some fluff.