'The Clique' series author says her books help young girls deal with real life. Sept. 16, 2008— -- Welcome to "The Clique." If you are a teenage or tween girl in America, you may already belong.

Actress Ellen Marlow knows this firsthand, having experienced it twice: first, while attending school, and then while filming the movie adaptation of The Clique, based on the young adult series of the ...