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Mates, Dates, and Mad Mistakes (Mates, Dates #6)
As soon as Mum dropped me off, I made a dive for the ladies room, where I trashed the sandwich she'd made me and reapplied my makeup. Mum really didn't understand. I couldn't possibly get up on stage in front of everyone looking like I was dressed for afternoon tea with my grandma.
Izzie is restless, and eager to be treated like an adult. So she decides it's time to make
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Published
March 23rd 2004
by Simon Pulse
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Another fun instalment of the Mates, Dates series but this one was a little more serious.
The focus this time is on Izzie and a new guy that she likes. Josh is older and he drinks, smokes (cigarettes and pot) and in hanging out with him and wanting to seem cool and older, she does too. He also tries to get her drunk and tells her repeatedly "keep drinking, it helps girls loosen up" - ag, creeper.
These books always tend to have a message that's easy to pick up on but not in your face. This one rea...more
The focus this time is on Izzie and a new guy that she likes. Josh is older and he drinks, smokes (cigarettes and pot) and in hanging out with him and wanting to seem cool and older, she does too. He also tries to get her drunk and tells her repeatedly "keep drinking, it helps girls loosen up" - ag, creeper.
These books always tend to have a message that's easy to pick up on but not in your face. This one rea...more
Mar 26, 2012
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Summary:
Izzie is a typical (if wittily observant) teenage girl: she lives (and fights) with her mom, hangs with her friends, and is just coming out of a relationship with her best friend and band mate, Ben. A little normal teenage rebellion comes when Izzie decides to get a belly piercing, causing a rift with her mom, that only gets worse as Izzie experiments with different substances. When Izzie meets Josh (park boy), she begins to feel the pressure to be even...more
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(SPOILER ALERT)
Summary:
Izzie is a typical (if wittily observant) teenage girl: she lives (and fights) with her mom, hangs with her friends, and is just coming out of a relationship with her best friend and band mate, Ben. A little normal teenage rebellion comes when Izzie decides to get a belly piercing, causing a rift with her mom, that only gets worse as Izzie experiments with different substances. When Izzie meets Josh (park boy), she begins to feel the pressure to be even...more
I read Mates, Dates, and Mad Mistakes as an IR book. This book was about Izzie. She was tired of being treated like a child. She wanted to be treated like an adult. But on her way a mad mistake comes up. She meets this boy named Josh and he is way different from other boys. He has a lot of problems and wants her to do things she doesnt want to do. Plus she gives in a times. But when he goes to far shes done. Can be be an adult and nt upset others with her decisions.
I have a text-to-world conne...more
I have a text-to-world conne...more
Izzie is pretty much the main character. Nesta, Lucy, TJ, and John are kind of important characters as well. This takes place in London. This book is about Izzie trying to grow up to fast. She maskes many mistakes and gets into very sticky situations. There was an external conlfict between Izzie and her mom.
I could make a text to world connection to this book. When Izzie got drunk with her friends, right away I thought 'how many people do I know that this has happened to?' So many teens around...more
I could make a text to world connection to this book. When Izzie got drunk with her friends, right away I thought 'how many people do I know that this has happened to?' So many teens around...more
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What I learned about this book is that you cannot do everything for a guy, especially sneak out of your house. Who knows what might happen if you start drinking alcohol more than you can? That's just a bad sign & you have to figure out right away that if that's the type of guy that's offering you to escape out of your house, that isn't the right guy. You're just looking for trouble with your parents :[
This one is my favorite so far. Brings back all the memories of being 15 trying new things, getting into trouble and going around with the wrong crowd. This story follows Izzy and she soon realizes that you shouldn't have to change or feel pressured to be with a boy. I would recommend to young teens. Iv only recently found this series and wish i had read it when i was going through my teen years.
Being a teenager is not easy (and so is being a mother). The same thing happens to Izzie. She wants to change herself, as she wants to change her personality, to become more sophisticated. But in the process, she faces lots of problems. Fortunately, Izzie has friends who will always take care of each other, and of course, a mother who will always be there for her.
Reading this book, makes me think about my own daughters. They will be growing soon, and the problems teenagers faced will be the same...more
Reading this book, makes me think about my own daughters. They will be growing soon, and the problems teenagers faced will be the same...more
Very funny! I can relate to every character in the story. Each character has their own love story. But more than that, it is about family, school problems, friendship, everything about life.
I decided to read this because I had read the first three books with my friend and liked them. This series is about a group of four tennage friends going into year 10. I really liked this book.
I've always felt close to Izzie. She's me. She truely is me. Of course-- my parents aren't divorced and stuff, but that isnt important here. she is a common teenage girl. Awesome!
Cute book.
I love Nesta's POV though, much more than Izzie's, who seems to complain a lot, and TJ, who's a bit boring.
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I love Nesta's POV though, much more than Izzie's, who seems to complain a lot, and TJ, who's a bit boring.
:)
Too patronizing for my taste and when the protagonist keeps on making stupid mistakes, I feel like groaaaningg and yawwwnnning.
This book is about a girl named Izzie who decides its time to make her own choices...a good book for teen girls.
ini yang aku suka, banyak permainan psikologinya dan tips-tips :D *tapi semua buku Mrs. Hopkins kebanyakan gitu juga sih*
There is no way I could have managed the horrible teenage years without this series! I read it multiple times!!
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Maakte deel uit van de Tina Toppers. Die spaarde ik vroeger en heb er via internet en rommelmarkten uiteindelijk zo'n 70 verzameld. Ze lezen steevast makkelijk weg, het zijn leuke dunne boekjes om op een middagje uit te lezen. Ik denk dat ze het meest geschikt zijn voor de leeftijdscategorie 10 tot 13 jaar.
Dit specifieke boek Bijna Vijftien is deel van een serie van Cathy Hopkins rond vier vriendinnen, die elk boek wel iets beleven. Het was mijn favoriete serie binnen de Tina Toppe...more
Maakte deel uit van de Tina Toppers. Die spaarde ik vroeger en heb er via internet en rommelmarkten uiteindelijk zo'n 70 verzameld. Ze lezen steevast makkelijk weg, het zijn leuke dunne boekjes om op een middagje uit te lezen. Ik denk dat ze het meest geschikt zijn voor de leeftijdscategorie 10 tot 13 jaar.
Dit specifieke boek Bijna Vijftien is deel van een serie van Cathy Hopkins rond vier vriendinnen, die elk boek wel iets beleven. Het was mijn favoriete serie binnen de Tina Toppe...more
this book is about izzie, she looks the youngest and somehow the shortest out of her friends. she is tired of everyone thinking that she is too little for this and that. she wants a major change in her life, where everybody doesn't treat her like a little kid anymore. that is when she meets this wild guy that can maybe change her. she want her mom to notice she can do things according to her own decisions. she wants to change, but will she want to hurt anybody like her mom. i guess not. change i...more
Cathy Hopkins never disappoints her readers. This book will make you feel young again.
Good book, simple story and good ending especialy his relation with her mom.. It's encorage me to say SoRRY to other..
This book was GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!
i like this one.
F HOP md bk. 6
I didn't like this one as much as the others - I think it's because I suddenly can't stand Izzie. She's stupid and very annoying. Running about smoking, drinking, getting high, sneaking out with random guys she doesn't actually know... I mean she learns her lesson and the point gets across and all that, but how was she ever dumb enough to do it all in the first place? I just find her irritating now. Good thing the next book is about Nesta getting braces. I've had them. They're awful!
I loved this book. I was really surprised at all the things that Izzie was getting into. This was unlike the characters we first fell in love with. But it s does make sense. Izzie wanted to seem more grown up and she thought by trying new things she could do this. I feel that this is a coming of age story that all teens should read! its a great lesson to be learned.
Izzie's sick of being treated like a little girl and takes on a whole new image, much to her mother's chagrin. She dumps Ben and starts dating this scally she thinks she can reform. She drinks. The boy smokes weed. This book irked me the most because it was the preachiest, and at the end, when Izzie has her little learning moment, she's talking about what she's learned about drugs and a lot of her information is just plain wrong.
This is also one of my favorite books because i like to read about Izzie more! this book talks about Izzie trying to be like a grown up and changing herself but it doesn't work and her mom doesn't like it. She wants to learn more about herself and change into a new Izzie and later she realizes that changing will just upset people and being herself is the best! everyone is the best the way they are!
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This books talk about how this girl name Izzy meet this boys who rode on a motorcycle. Once she meet this guy, she started to be bad or not what she was before she meet him. I like this book because a lot of teenagers are like that and it helps me learn what teenager do in this situation.
Izzy is in the stage of her life where she becomes rebellious. Dying her hair green, getting her belly button pierced, and dating a motorcycle riding boy who's a bad influence. Josh is new, exciting, and dangerous. But Izzy loves it and wants to hang on for the ride.
As I said for the Mates, Dates and Sleepover Secrets, I want to finish them all before/after the summer/school year. They really sound good.
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