The book club
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Dec 23, 2011
Jennifer
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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 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 More...
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Aug 20, 2008
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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
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Mar 09, 2011
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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 book 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 book More...
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Jan 31, 2012
Kristi
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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 i
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Oct 06, 2011
Melody
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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.
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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" More...
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Aug 07, 2011
Beth
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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 c
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Jun 10, 2011
Beck
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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 gir 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 gir More...
Mar 13, 2011
Mary
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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
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Nov 08, 2010
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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 so
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May 11, 2010
Madeline
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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 w More...
I am exceedingly fond of this book. Not only is it filled w More...
Jan 21, 2010
Sara
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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 narra 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 narra More...
Feb 03, 2009
CuriousLibrarian
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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 b 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 b More...
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Jan 03, 2009
Lisa
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**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 t 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 t More...
Dec 18, 2008
Jessica
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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 per
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Sep 07, 2011
Beverly
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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 dra 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 dra More...
Mar 30, 2011
Julie
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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 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 More...
Jul 15, 2011
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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 o 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 o More...
Jan 16, 2011
nicole
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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 writt 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 writt More...
Jun 13, 2011
Susan
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I like the concept of the series, and the book was enjoyable, but there were several times when I felt that the voice of the various pre-teens just did not ring quite true. They did, in fact, read too much like an adult writing what was happening, rather than a teen's thinking or speaking. I know that, for instance, the character Emma, being a bright girl and a big reader, would speak with a larger vocabulary than many 12-year-olds, but the particular word selections & turns of phrase just did
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May 30, 2010
Jackie
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Four unlikely sixth grade girls and their moms come together to form a book club at the insistence of Emma's mom, Mrs. Hawthorne, who is a children's librarian. Emma reads voraciously and doesn't see a need to be in a group to discuss books that she has already read. Cassidy Sloane would rather be on the ice rink, scoring goals on the all-boys hockey team, much to the chagrin of her supermodel mother, Clementine. Megan, a member of the 'fab-four' clique at school, resents wasting her time with m
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May 31, 2009
Kimberlee
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Overall, this was a cute book. Don't think I'd necessarily recommend it, but it wasn't a total waste of time either. The writing certainly wasn't stellar, but probably on target for its young adult audience. I saw this book on display at the library, and truth be told, I was most attracted by the book's cover. But also the idea of a mother-daughter book club. The book they chose to read for their club was Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. The story is told through the eyes of the four book club
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Sep 29, 2009
Kaethe
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This is the book I took with me to Girl Scouts camp. It's rather like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants for middle grades. I like a story that focuses on a group of friends who seem unlikely companions for one another, and I'm a total sucker for a story about a book club. And although I didn't mention it to the Possum, when I passed the book on to her, I like that it's set in a smallish town with historical significance. That should resonate nicely, and it's fun to see what modern life i
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Jun 29, 2009
Katie
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After reading Jane Austen Book Club, I see some similarities in this one. Though the main characters reflect the characters in Little Women (as Fowler's reflected Austen characters), these girls are not middle-aged women, but 6th graders. As far as juvie lit goes, it was a good read. A little predictable, but whatev. I love Little Women so I was very excited to read this book. And I learned a bit about the town of Concord as well, and have plans to visit when I go to Boston next month! Thi
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Sep 24, 2010
Samantha
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I really liked this book because I learned stuff about Lousia May Alcott that I didn't know. That is my #1 great thing about this book. #2 I think the author did a great job on creating the girls and moms! And #3 I liked how each girl had her own problem that she had to solve! I can't wait for the next one coming out in September!
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Aug 07, 2011
Danielle
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This book is a good one for me and other girls my age because it has charcters in the book that i can relate to. My faverite chartacter is Emma. She is so nice and supportive of her friends i think she is amazing. This book shows that being on top doesnt matter but having good friends does. When you read this book it just pulls you right in. I love how each of the four girls, Megan who loves shopping and being popular but chosses friends over popularity, Cassidy who loves sports, Emma who reads
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Sep 11, 2011
Eden
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I read this book in the sixth grade, when one of my best friends recommended it to me. At the time I absolutely LOVED it. I loved the thought of four "tweens" becoming friends even when they are all complete opposites of each other. I also thought that it was cool to have the four friends' mothers start a book club for all eight of them. In the first book they read "Little Women" and after that I was compelled to read "Little Women" although I haven't yet... "
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Jul 24, 2011
Lanni
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This book first caught my eye because of the cover. Purple and pink? Awesome. A stack of books? Even more awesome. So I picked it up and read the premise. It sounded interesting. I'm not usually one for realistic stories and modern settings, but I can't really resist a book about books.
I've read girly books before and for the most part I find them insipid. (Mind you, I'm not talking about books like Pride and Prejudice or Anne of Green Gables because those books are fantastic.) I'm t More...
I've read girly books before and for the most part I find them insipid. (Mind you, I'm not talking about books like Pride and Prejudice or Anne of Green Gables because those books are fantastic.) I'm t More...
Apr 28, 2011
Brooke
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This book was really cute, sweet, and lighthearted. It was about the relationship between 4 unlikely friends (who don't start out that way), and the relationship between these girls and their mothers. It was an easy read, and definitely enjoyable.
The references to Little Women, the book chosen as the first read of the year's Mother Daughter Book Club, and the ties that the author made between the girls and the March family, gave the book something extra.
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The references to Little Women, the book chosen as the first read of the year's Mother Daughter Book Club, and the ties that the author made between the girls and the March family, gave the book something extra.
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Nov 27, 2011
706selena
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Amazing! I thought that Heather Vogel Frederick really understood how the main characters (Jess, Cassidy, Emma, and Megan) felt in the situations they were going through, and the issues they were dealing with: loss, change, friendship, bullying. I felt that she really tapped into their emotions and voice; I could sense the character's character.
The book is very well versed, with language true to each individual's personality. The plot was well thought-out, and was enjoyably po More...
May 20, 2009
Fashiongirlgoldberg
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I'm not really sure why, but something about this book appealed to me. Maybe because it had an absolutely picture perfect ending (I'm always one to go for those). Well, whatever the reason, I enjoyed it. A lot of the parts where super stereotypical, but then again most books end up in that category anyway. It's about four girls who are reading little women for their mother daughter book club. Surprisingly enough they all manage to match the personality's of one of the little women. It was cute.
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