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Smart boys and fast girls (The Girlfriend’s Guide to Boys #4)
by
Stephanie Rowe (Goodreads Author)
Meet Natalie Page, the girl all the boys love. As a friend.
When Natalie makes the varsity cross country team, she's certain she’s about shed her reputation as a social zero. Hey, the captain of the boys’ team has started driving her home from school and she’s getting invited to senior parties, right?
There’s just one problem.
Failing geometry? How utterly uncool. If she does...more
When Natalie makes the varsity cross country team, she's certain she’s about shed her reputation as a social zero. Hey, the captain of the boys’ team has started driving her home from school and she’s getting invited to senior parties, right?
There’s just one problem.
Failing geometry? How utterly uncool. If she does...more
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(first published September 30th 2005)
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Apr 17, 2013
Megan (The Book Babe)
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I actually ended up liking Smart Boys and Fast Girls a bit more than I expected. At first, I really wasn't sure about it. It didn't start out very good, what with that terrible cliquishness in the beginning, and that the "bomb" so to speak was dropped within the first few pages. But I kept reading in the hope that it would would get better. And I definitely think that it did.
At first, I was convinced that this was going to be an overly simplistic...more
ON YOUR MARK
Natalie Page is overlooked and unappreciated.
Yeah, sure, she can run fast.
Yeah, sure, all the boys love her...as a buddy.
Yeah, she has plans every weekend night...with her friends and their boyfriends.
GET SET
It's time for the world to sit up and take notice. When Natalie makes the varsity cross country team, it seems like the fast track to being cool. The popular girls notice her, the hunky captain of the boys team is giving her rides home. Natalie Page is off and running.
Then...more
Natalie Page is overlooked and unappreciated.
Yeah, sure, she can run fast.
Yeah, sure, all the boys love her...as a buddy.
Yeah, she has plans every weekend night...with her friends and their boyfriends.
GET SET
It's time for the world to sit up and take notice. When Natalie makes the varsity cross country team, it seems like the fast track to being cool. The popular girls notice her, the hunky captain of the boys team is giving her rides home. Natalie Page is off and running.
Then...more
My math teacher? "What did she want?"
He sighed. "To remove you from the team."
I blinked. "What?"
"Natalie, you've failed all three geometry tests this year."
He said it like it was a big secret I'd been hiding from him. In fact, he sounded almost like my dad, which was really bad. I mean, Coach was the one person who'd been giving me time over the last six weeks, and he'd kept telling me I was fast. He was the one person I wanted to still think I was cool.
And instead, he now he knew I was stupid,...more
He sighed. "To remove you from the team."
I blinked. "What?"
"Natalie, you've failed all three geometry tests this year."
He said it like it was a big secret I'd been hiding from him. In fact, he sounded almost like my dad, which was really bad. I mean, Coach was the one person who'd been giving me time over the last six weeks, and he'd kept telling me I was fast. He was the one person I wanted to still think I was cool.
And instead, he now he knew I was stupid,...more
I didn't like this book at the beginning, because it seemed to me that it was just a book about a dumb jock and her fighting over two boys. But in the end, it showed me even jocks really do have their own problems, even if they are really stuck-up.
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The fourth and final book in a series about friends finding their first loves. By far my favorite aspect of the book was the sincerity of the main characters. You can feel Natalie's pain of always being seen as one of the guys, especially now that her best friends all are dating. You see through Matt's facade of being an all-business tutor and tell that he is gradually becoming more invested in Natalie's life. And when Natalie, the narrator, thinks about Matt or any other person, you feel what s...more
It's the YA kind of book teenage girls love to read (not to mention anybody else who is still young at heart and remembers what a high school crush and romance feels like). One of the things I really enjoy about the novel is the voice of Natalie Page. She is authentic in showing what it feels like to work your way to appreciated status in the high school bureaucracy of cliques. Jocks have standards, the brainiacs have standards, but isn't wonderful when the two can sort of mesh? Well, without gi...more
Yes, the book was fluff, but hey, don't dog on it because you HAD to know that this book would be just that. I was disappointed the ranking is so low on this book, but people who read fun reads like this should understand that these are fun reads and rank them to the types of books they are, what audience they are geared to and whether or not they accomplished the goal of that particular genre - in this case, keep the reader entertained.
I LOVED this book.. I had read the Boyfriend Game and liked...more
I LOVED this book.. I had read the Boyfriend Game and liked...more
Jan 14, 2008
Jasmine
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5 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
teenage girls
Smart boys & fast girls is about a girl named Natalie who makes the varsity cross country team. It seems like the fast track to being cool. She wants to be noticed by the popular girl on the team. She then starts to have a crush on the hunky captain of the boys team Zach. All her friends have boyfriends besides her. She feels they abandoned her because she doesn’t have a boyfriend.
Then Natalie begins to fail geometry. Her teacher tells her that she needs a tutor or she will be kicked of th...more
Then Natalie begins to fail geometry. Her teacher tells her that she needs a tutor or she will be kicked of th...more
Natalie Page is the fast girl: one of the varsity cross country team’s brightest stars, and only a sophomore. However, she feels unwanted, unnoticed and unappreciated by her team, hunky boys, and her three best friends, all of whom ignore her for their boyfriends. Then because her failing geometry grade endangers her athletic eligibility, she is forced to submit to tutoring by a real “math geek,” an annoying “smart boy” who thinks she’s stupid. Predictable, but positive and enjoyable “chick” nov...more
I connected to this book because the girl opens the story by saying she is every boy’s “buddy” and now, junior year, wants more. I expected to see this struggle played out, and it really wasn’t the main thrust of the plot. However, I did let go of that enough to enjoy it. But it made me realize that it’s important to go through your story to make sure that things you “say” are things that you “show” and if you don’t, maybe that’s not something you need.
I'd been wanting to read this book for a long time and I went to a lot of trouble to get it. Unfortunately, I was disappointed. Natalie is 15 but acts so immature. She's soley concerned with popularity and it's annoying to read. She also had too many friends. I know this sounds weird but each of her three friends had boyfriends and it was difficult keeping track of who was who. (view spoiler)
I read this book as an adult and what can I say..I read it one sitting it was super cute!! I gave it to my cousin to read and she really liked it too. Its hard to find really good CLEAN romance stories for young teenage girls. And this was one of the best that I have come across in a long time. I especially like how the main character is this girl on the track team and how she ends up with the nerdy guy who ends up being her tutor
Stephanie Davis’ novel is so cute and disarming, you have to like it, even if you aren’t a runner, which I am not. While Natalie is really insecure and Matt has serious jock issues, their story was so cute. Classic brain and jock romance, but I rooted for them to get together the entire time.
Plus, it was a short read. Perfect for a Sunday afternoon.
Soundtrack Song: Virginia Coalition, “Look My Way”
Overall: A-
Plus, it was a short read. Perfect for a Sunday afternoon.
Soundtrack Song: Virginia Coalition, “Look My Way”
Overall: A-
Feb 13, 2013
Michelle (SweetBookReviews)
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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RATING: 3.5
FUN FUN FUN!
If you're having a cranky day or just want to kill time I would definitely read this novel. It's a fun one time read that you should totally borrow from the library some day. :)
OVERALL RATING:
FUN FUN FUN!
If you're having a cranky day or just want to kill time I would definitely read this novel. It's a fun one time read that you should totally borrow from the library some day. :)
OVERALL RATING:
This book was very cute. I really love this author. It took me a couple of hours to read, and was just a fun YA book. If you don't mind high school crushes and funny situtions, then you would enjoy this book. This author knows how to keep it clean and entertaining. I wish our library had more of her books.
I loved it! It's a quick read, a story that leaves you with a smile and a satisfied feeling at the end. The main character is easy to relate to and readers will find themselves laughing and crying along with her. Deffinitely good for teenage girls.
Pretty cheesy chic-lit, but I enjoyed it. Lest you get put-off by the title, this book is about a track runner who is popular and her nerdy tutor. Its a pretty harmless YA romance. Great read for after a long hard day!
Typical highschool romance between the geek and the jock, only the guy is the geek and our main chick is the jock. Predictable and ordinary, but i did enjoy the simplicity of the story. Fun and no-brainer :D
This is a great quick read. I read it in about 2 1/2 hours this afternoon. Sweet story! Makes you do a double take on the things we think we want. It is funny how wrong one person can be. Enjoy!!!
I love this one because he and she are so different from each other but they still fell in love. And I cried a lot of times because I really felt the story. HONESTLY.
I just have to say I LOVED ALL 4 of the books.. I wish there was another one! Just great stories and friendships! Def are on my favorites list!
Main characters are 15 in the Young adult Romance. I would recommend to young teens. It is pretty clean.
This book was a very cute, feel-good, and easy read.
again - hooked on this series! read it very quickly
To say I like it would be an understatement.
Read this in high school and loved it!
It was a cute, quick teen read.
loved how it ends
SO AWESOME!
Great quick read! Loved the story!
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Four-time RITA® Award nominee and Golden Heart® Award winner Stephanie Rowe is a nationally bestselling author of more than twenty books. A life-long reader, she began crafting stories at age ten, but didn't realize it was her dream until she was an adult.
Once the light dawned, she immediately left behind "work" as the world defines it and went to "work" as she defines it, which means getting up...more
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