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The Mother-Daughter Book Club (The Mother-Daughter Book Club #1)
The book club
is about to get
a makeover....
Even if Megan would rather be at the mall, Cassidy is late for hockey practice, Emma's already read every book in existence, and Jess is missing her mother too much to care, the new book club is scheduled to meet every month.
But what begins as a mom-imposed ritual of reading Little Women soon helps four unlikely friends navi
...moreHardcover, 245 pages
Published
April 24th 2007
by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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Reviewed by Michaela Pallante aka "Mickey" for TeensReadToo.com
Megan, Cassidy, Emma, and Jess are as different as four preteen girls can be. Yet, their mothers are friends and have invented a mother-daughter book club to spend more "quality time" with the girls. The book that they have chosen- LITTLE WOMEN by Louisa May Alcott.
Emma, whose mother was the brains behind the book club, has already read this book and many others. As an aspiring writer she reads any book she can get her hands on. It...more
Megan, Cassidy, Emma, and Jess are as different as four preteen girls can be. Yet, their mothers are friends and have invented a mother-daughter book club to spend more "quality time" with the girls. The book that they have chosen- LITTLE WOMEN by Louisa May Alcott.
Emma, whose mother was the brains behind the book club, has already read this book and many others. As an aspiring writer she reads any book she can get her hands on. It...more
Aug 20, 2008
Izzy
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
girls from 8-12
Recommended to Izzy by:
no one
In the Mother-Daughter Book Club, there are four girls. Megan who loves clothes, Cassidy who loves hockey and baseball and hates girly things, Emma who loves books and food, and shy Jess who is best friends with Emma and her mother left her family to go o New York to become her star on broadway. As you can see they're all very different. Their Moms put together a book club and none of them want to go. Near the end of the story they all love book club and are all friend even though they are all s...more
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The Mother Daughter Book Club is the first in a four-book series. Each book in the series takes on a different classic in the setting of a mother and daughter book club. The first book explores Little Women, one of my favorite girlie classics.
I cannot begin to tell you how creative this book is. There are four sets of mothers and daughters in the book club. Each daughter can easily be compared to the main characters in Little Women. Jess is a shy animal lover, Emma loves food and books, Me...more
The Mother Daughter Book Club is the first in a four-book series. Each book in the series takes on a different classic in the setting of a mother and daughter book club. The first book explores Little Women, one of my favorite girlie classics.
I cannot begin to tell you how creative this book is. There are four sets of mothers and daughters in the book club. Each daughter can easily be compared to the main characters in Little Women. Jess is a shy animal lover, Emma loves food and books, Me...more
May 07, 2013
7sahana
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Cassidy, Megan, Emma and Jess are four preteens in sixth grade. Their moms are all friends though and they decided that they would create a book club with their daughters in it too. The girls are furious when they find out about it though. None of them want to be in it but they have to be. They all hate each other, except Emma and Jess who have been best friends since elementary school. Cassidy is a jock, she would much rather spend a time playing ice hockey than spending time reading a book. S...more
The overall concept of this book really appealed to me, and I approached it with the highest expectations. I loved the Concord setting and the fun facts related to LMA and Little Women. Unfortunately, there were too many issues that kept me from enjoying it. On a minor note, it was hard to follow and I had to frequently flip back to see whose voice I was reading. Not a big deal, but I’m glad I didn’t read it on my Nook.
I didn’t find the book to be at all believable. The girls, especially Emma,...more
I didn’t find the book to be at all believable. The girls, especially Emma,...more
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On the front cover of The Mother-Daughter Book Club: Drama is required reading. I didn’t know what to expect with this book because it’s for a younger audience, but I was NOT disappointed :) Emma has just begun middle school when her mom gives her the news, she has been signed up to join a book club with three other girls and their moms.
One of the girls is Emma’s best friend, but the other two couldn’t be more opposite. They’ve agreed to read Little Women and none of the girls are into books. H...more
One of the girls is Emma’s best friend, but the other two couldn’t be more opposite. They’ve agreed to read Little Women and none of the girls are into books. H...more
A fun read and sweet. A bit on the predictable side; I wish middle grade writers would stop underestimating middle grade readers. Interesting that the book the book club is reading is Little Women which the readers in the club ironically discuss leads the reader to believe one ending to be imminent but disappoints them with another, yet it has appealed to young readers for 100 yrs. For some reason modern writers feel the need to wrap everything in a tidy package and give the reader exactly what...more
Dec 03, 2012
Sharon
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
middle school girls
Shelves:
young-adult
Recently, a group of young ladies in my church requested we consider starting a book club for them. Consequently, I decided to do some reading in order to find what might be a possible first read for them. I was led to this particular book by a review I read on a blog. This book represents the first in The Mother-Daughter Book Club series written by Heather Vogel Frederick. She began writing this book after being approached by her editor to come up with a young adult novel which might spark the...more
What mischief can occur when a group of mothers who all share the same Yoga Class and most of them have been friends since their children were babies. Now their daughters are 12yrs old and growing up fast and so they decide to start a Mother-Daughter book club. The mothers though they may be friends and their daughters once were, are about to learn that they now move in different circles. In the group we have Emma and her mother - the local Librarian , Jess whose father - a goat farmer attends t...more
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When sixth graders Cassidy, Emma, Jess and Megan are brought together by their mothers to form a Mother-Daughter book club, they have no idea that this is the start of something important. Instead, each girl is less than enthusiastic about being forced into monthly meetings. While Jess and Emma are best friends, Cassidy is the weird new girl and Megan is friends with the mean Queen Bee. The girls live in Concord, Massachusetts, which is the inspiration for the book they will be reading this year...more
When four women in the same yoga class put their heads together, the result is a group of four girls who would rather be anywhere but discussing Little Women with each other and their mothers. Throw in a typical exclusive clique, a love poem read aloud, and an unusual hockey try-out, and these girls are in for a very abnormal school year.
The story shifts between the points of view of each daughter in the club. There's Emma, whose mother started the club and whose hand-me-downs are a point of con...more
The story shifts between the points of view of each daughter in the club. There's Emma, whose mother started the club and whose hand-me-downs are a point of con...more
I have been trying to find books to suggest to my 6th grade daughter. Apparently all of her friends are now reading Twilight, Hunger Games, and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. I've read all of these young adult books and have really enjoyed them, but I'd like her to wait a little longer before reading what I would consider books with older teen issues. We looked through goodreads for some suggested books and stumbled upon the Mother-Daughter Book Club. One person's review mentioned that it wa...more
People who know me will be surprised to see me reading this non-dystopian, non-historical series, but I am friends with Heather, and it's always interesting to read outside one's comfort zone.
The plotting was solid. I liked Cassidy best, natch.
I had some trouble distinguishing the voices of the various characters at first, but that resolved as I got further in.
Some of the characters remained more caricatures than not, most notably the "mean girl" Becca and her mother, the fat-assed Mrs. Chadwi...more
The plotting was solid. I liked Cassidy best, natch.
I had some trouble distinguishing the voices of the various characters at first, but that resolved as I got further in.
Some of the characters remained more caricatures than not, most notably the "mean girl" Becca and her mother, the fat-assed Mrs. Chadwi...more
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I highly recommend this book for fourth graders and up. It is the first book in a great series for pre-teens but can be enjoyed by adults as well. Heather Vogel Frederick has a way of writing that is engaging and makes you really care about the characters. What is really fun is that all of the books are set right in Concord, Massachusetts so there are plenty of references to the town sprinkled throughout. Upper elementary and middle school kids will enjoy reading about a group of fictional chara...more
I absolutely adore this series! I've read each of the four books countless times and could still read them many more. The characters feel so real, like they were my best friends, and honestly, I can't describe in words how much I love this series. It makes me happy. =)
Here's the summary of this first book:
~~~~Contains Spoilers!~~~~
Four girls, different from each other in so many ways, and forcefully brought together by theirs mothers. Megan, a popular, fashion loving girl, who is friends with th...more
Here's the summary of this first book:
~~~~Contains Spoilers!~~~~
Four girls, different from each other in so many ways, and forcefully brought together by theirs mothers. Megan, a popular, fashion loving girl, who is friends with th...more
This book made me think of Ann Brashares Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants series, but for younger readers. Four girls living in Concord, MA (Emma, Jess, Megan, Cassidy) and their mothers form a book club to read Little Women over the course of the girls 6th grade year. The girls enter into this reluctantly, since all of them are very different, and several of them are not friends with each other. As the girls are finding their way through some very realistic middle years problems, their mother...more
I am exceedingly fond of this book. Not only is it filled with great, individual and well-rounded characters, but it also is a well-written book. In it, 4 girls, Megan, Cassidy, Emma and Jess (only two of which are friends) are horrified when their mothers decide to start a mother-daughter book club. Even the girls who like to read don’t want to participate in a club with girls they hate. And to make matters worse (in some of the girls’ opinions) they have to read Little Women instead of somethi...more
Most of the time I like to talk about books with magical powers and magical creatures (like the book I recommended for Friday). However, sometimes I like to talk about books that are firmly grounded in our reality but still have something magical about them — magical writing, magical characters, a magical charm to the reading experience. In other words, sometimes I like to talk about books like The Mother-Daughter Book Club.
I am exceedingly fond of this book. Not only is it filled with great, i...more
I am exceedingly fond of this book. Not only is it filled with great, i...more
4.5 stars. This was such a cute book and one that I think would be awesome to read in an actual mother-daughter book club. The book even has questions for a real mother-daughter book club to discuss at the end! How perfect is that?
The story centers on four sixth graders, all quite different, whose mothers have decided to get them involved in a monthly mother-daughter book club where they spend the year reading Little Women. The book is split into four seasons, and each girl narrates once during...more
The story centers on four sixth graders, all quite different, whose mothers have decided to get them involved in a monthly mother-daughter book club where they spend the year reading Little Women. The book is split into four seasons, and each girl narrates once during...more
I was torn between giving this book 2.5 stars and 3. It's not so bad that it deserves 2 stars though.
This book is the rather cliche story of four girls who don't like/know each other very well, who become friends over the course of the book. You've got four girls with very distinct personalities to map to the March sisters. Unfortunately, the author chose to write the book from all four perspectives (alternating chapters) but largely fails to distinguish their narrative voices. The book would ha...more
This book is the rather cliche story of four girls who don't like/know each other very well, who become friends over the course of the book. You've got four girls with very distinct personalities to map to the March sisters. Unfortunately, the author chose to write the book from all four perspectives (alternating chapters) but largely fails to distinguish their narrative voices. The book would ha...more
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Jan 03, 2009
Lisa
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
mothers and daughters, Little Women fans
Recommended to Lisa by:
found it on my library shelf
**This book contains spoilers for the book "Little Women"**
This was a cute book about four sixth grade girls who's mothers decided to start a Mother Daughter Book Club.
The idea is hatched by the librarian of Concord, Mass the very town where Louisa May Alcott lived and wrote her books. So it is only natural that they choose to read Little Women as their first book. I thought it was a bit silly to take an entire year for the club to read one book! It was nice to see how the lives of the girls pl...more
This was a cute book about four sixth grade girls who's mothers decided to start a Mother Daughter Book Club.
The idea is hatched by the librarian of Concord, Mass the very town where Louisa May Alcott lived and wrote her books. So it is only natural that they choose to read Little Women as their first book. I thought it was a bit silly to take an entire year for the club to read one book! It was nice to see how the lives of the girls pl...more
I got this book at my kids' school book fair because it looked interesting and fun. It was such a wonderful book. About 4 very different moms and their 4 very different, 11/12 yr old, daughters who all go to school together but do not actually get along all that well. Their mothers have yoga together and decide, without telling their daughters, that they should organize a mother daughter book club and the book they choose to read is Louisa May Alcotts, "Little Women". One of my personal favs. It...more
Thanks to Lexie for picking this up at the library for me...just in time for my long plane ride to Puerto Rico. She's already on Book 3 of this series. I need to hustle to catch up! Thanks also to Julie, who recommended the series and whose love of children's literature I'm clearly benefiting from.
In the book, the mothers decide they want to have a book club (as the title suggests). They haul the girls (unwillingly) together and decide to read Little Women over the course of a year. They all eve...more
In the book, the mothers decide they want to have a book club (as the title suggests). They haul the girls (unwillingly) together and decide to read Little Women over the course of a year. They all eve...more
The Mother Daughter Book Club by Heather Vogel Frederick
From the back of the book: " The book club is about to get a makeover . . . Even if Megan would rather be at the mall, Cassidy is late for hockey practice, Emma's already read every book in existence, and Jess is missing her mother too much to care, the new book club is scheduled to meet every month.
But what begins as a mom-inspired ritual of reading Little Women soon helps four unlikely friends navigate the drama of middle school. From sto...more
From the back of the book: " The book club is about to get a makeover . . . Even if Megan would rather be at the mall, Cassidy is late for hockey practice, Emma's already read every book in existence, and Jess is missing her mother too much to care, the new book club is scheduled to meet every month.
But what begins as a mom-inspired ritual of reading Little Women soon helps four unlikely friends navigate the drama of middle school. From sto...more
Holy shiv, this book could only get more saccharine if you wrapped it in cotton candy. This is not a book you want to walk around with, and the color choices will mean that only the girliest of young girly girls would even want to pick it up.
The chapters alternate between four girls, who all have different personalities and views on things. There are some very realistic (girl) bullies who sort of eventually get a comeuppance, and the mean girl of the four magically sees the error of her ways and...more
The chapters alternate between four girls, who all have different personalities and views on things. There are some very realistic (girl) bullies who sort of eventually get a comeuppance, and the mean girl of the four magically sees the error of her ways and...more
Originally posted @ Read Love, my blog: here
Overall, I enjoyed The Mother-Daughter Book Club. The book is told in four parts, each section being a season in the 6th-grade year of the four main characters. Quotes from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women introduce each of the novel's four parts and begin each chapter. And Little Women permeates the tale: In book club meetings where we learn factoids about Alcott's life, in each girl's mirroring of one of the March sisters, and, most of all, in the no...more
Overall, I enjoyed The Mother-Daughter Book Club. The book is told in four parts, each section being a season in the 6th-grade year of the four main characters. Quotes from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women introduce each of the novel's four parts and begin each chapter. And Little Women permeates the tale: In book club meetings where we learn factoids about Alcott's life, in each girl's mirroring of one of the March sisters, and, most of all, in the no...more
Jan 16, 2011
nicole j. wroblewski
rated it
2 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
10-12 year old girls
Recommended to nicole by:
many a 10-12 year old girl
I kind of struggle with how to review a book like this. Would I have like it at age 10 or 11? Most likely. Isn't this a book written for 10 or 11 year olds? Yes, obviously. So isn't that all that really matters? Eh...
It's not a great book. It's utterly formulaic and the events at the end are completely unbelievable (a suburban librarian and rich, philanthropic housewife are made consultants on a television show simply by appearing in the same room as the producer? Jess' mom isn't written off her...more
It's not a great book. It's utterly formulaic and the events at the end are completely unbelievable (a suburban librarian and rich, philanthropic housewife are made consultants on a television show simply by appearing in the same room as the producer? Jess' mom isn't written off her...more
***I READ THIS BOOK DURING THIRD QUARTER!!!***
I really enjoyed reading this book because it was so interesting and it related to me a lot. All of the characters seemed so real to me and I feel like one of the main characters, Megan. I feel this way about the book because there was something about the book that stuck to me and made me addicted to the book and how it glides smoothly through the stories the girls experience and the drama that takes place.
The plot of this book was that Megan, Cassid...more
I really enjoyed reading this book because it was so interesting and it related to me a lot. All of the characters seemed so real to me and I feel like one of the main characters, Megan. I feel this way about the book because there was something about the book that stuck to me and made me addicted to the book and how it glides smoothly through the stories the girls experience and the drama that takes place.
The plot of this book was that Megan, Cassid...more
Four mothers attend a yoga class together and decide to form a mother-daughter book club. The four girls are different but eventually bond over their little exclusive club. The girls read Little Women, which is selected because the girls live in Louisa May Alcott's hometown, and the narration alternates among the four girls. Emma has little self confidence. Her best friend Jess deals with an absent mother who has jetted off to New York to fulfill her dreams. Cassidy is new in town, dealing with...more
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