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Full House: Stephanie #15
Ten Ways to Wreck a Date
The Great Date Debate.
Stephanie is sooo excited! Kyle Sullivan just asked her out. All the girls think Kyle is the coolest guy around -- and so does Stephanie. But Kyle thinks that boys make the dating rules. And he's telling Stephanie exactly what, where and how their date will go. Kyle's message is loud and clear: This date is his way -- or no way!
Stephanie just doesn't agree and she's got ten reasons why. Should she tell Kyle? Or will she lose him and not be the envy of every girl in school?
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144 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 1, 1996
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December 13, 2024
Now, I’ve read Ten Ways to Wreck a Date (Full House: Stephanie, 15) by Peter Landesman more than once, and I must say, I’ve found plenty of good and positive things to say about it, too.
For one thing, I like how Stephanie stood up and took charge the way she did, as well as how Kyle eventually realized Stephanie was right, and apologized for deciding how their date would go instead of leaving it up to Stephanie (even though she does break up with him when he falls back into that habit again).
(Now, I remember reading the book Mom, Can I Have That? by Janet Bodnar a few months ago, and a certain phrase caught my eye as I was reading it and has stayed with me ever since. It was one of the rules of dating etiquette: “He or she who does the asking should pick up the tab.” Another one was “He or she who picks up the tab should do it with his or her own money.” And I must say, I cannot agree more with that, and that whether it is a boy or a girl who does the asking does not matter in the least, either. Of course, one exception to that rule might be an inexpensive event, such as the prom.)
And if I had to pick one ore more parts of the book I would view as my favorite, these are the parts I would choose:
“Becky and I were playing hide-and-seek with Michelle and the twins,” Stephanie explained. “Alex got stuck while he was hiding in a closet. He was crying when we finally found him. He was ‘out’ and he should have been ‘it.’ But he wanted to hide again.”
“I remember,” Becky said. “Michelle told Alex he couldn’t hide. He had to be ‘it.’ That’s the rule.”
Stephanie nodded. “But Alex was so upset that Becky said, Why don’t we let him hide again?”
Stephanie smiled at Alex. “After all, the real point of the game was to have fun.”
“Oh, I see,” Danny said. “Alex taught you a lesson in when to bend the rules.”
“Or break them,” Stephanie agreed. “I remembered it just in time for the debate. I finally realized I was too worried about what Kyle wanted and the right way to do everything. I completely lost sight of the fact that a date is supposed to be fun.”
“Now that is a great lesson, Stephanie,” Danny agreed. “I’m really proud of you.” (p. 135)
Stephanie headed up to her room.
She had to be alone. She lay on her bed and kept playing and replaying the moment when she turned down Kyle’s date. Suddenly Michelle burst in without knocking. She took two steps into the room and stopped dead in her tracks.
“Oops,” she said. “I just broke the entering-without-knocking rule.”
Stephanie laughed and sat up. “It’s okay,” she said. She hurried across the room and reached for the list of rules on her bulletin board. She ripped it off. Then she tore it into pieces and dropped them into the trash.
“I think this will make us both happy,” Stephanie said.
Michelle’s eyes widened. Then she clapped.
“Thanks!” she cried. “And if you want to make me really happy, you’ll take me to see The Mermaid’s Garden on Saturday.”
Stephanie rolled her eyes. “Okay, fine,” she said.
Michelle looked shocked. “What did you say?”
“I said, okay, fine,” Stephanie repeated.
“Really? You’ll take me to the movies?”
“Really.”
Michelle looked troubled. “But . . . ummm,” she said.
“What’s wrong now?” Stephanie asked.
“There’s one tiny problem,” Michelle answered. “It’s Dad’s rule, the one that says we have to pay for movies out of our allowance.” Michelle swallowed hard. “I don’t have any allowance left.”
Stephanie laughed. “What did you spend it on?”
“Bubble gum,” Michelle admitted.
“Don’t worry about the money, Michelle,” Stephanie told her. “This date is my treat. Because as you just proved, some rules are made to be broken.” (p. 136-137)
From my perspective, the concept of breaking rules can be a good thing. Case in point: the writing rules. I think the writer can change them if he (or she) wants to. And who says writers should stick to (and keep) the writing rules all the time? I certainly don’t, as there are those authors who showed how the writing rules were meant to be changed or broken from time to time in their books — which I fully agree with right there.
For example, when writing a vampire story, the rules about vampires can be changed, such as whether or not they can eat human food, or if they can drink something besides blood (since there can be many variations of a vampire story). After all, when a person cooks up a new vampire story, they are making their own (and original) worlds and rules about vampires in that way.
Finally, I highly recommend this book to all the fans of Full House out there, and I give it five stars as well (although ten stars would be even better). 🏠🏫
For one thing, I like how Stephanie stood up and took charge the way she did, as well as how Kyle eventually realized Stephanie was right, and apologized for deciding how their date would go instead of leaving it up to Stephanie (even though she does break up with him when he falls back into that habit again).
(Now, I remember reading the book Mom, Can I Have That? by Janet Bodnar a few months ago, and a certain phrase caught my eye as I was reading it and has stayed with me ever since. It was one of the rules of dating etiquette: “He or she who does the asking should pick up the tab.” Another one was “He or she who picks up the tab should do it with his or her own money.” And I must say, I cannot agree more with that, and that whether it is a boy or a girl who does the asking does not matter in the least, either. Of course, one exception to that rule might be an inexpensive event, such as the prom.)
And if I had to pick one ore more parts of the book I would view as my favorite, these are the parts I would choose:
“Becky and I were playing hide-and-seek with Michelle and the twins,” Stephanie explained. “Alex got stuck while he was hiding in a closet. He was crying when we finally found him. He was ‘out’ and he should have been ‘it.’ But he wanted to hide again.”
“I remember,” Becky said. “Michelle told Alex he couldn’t hide. He had to be ‘it.’ That’s the rule.”
Stephanie nodded. “But Alex was so upset that Becky said, Why don’t we let him hide again?”
Stephanie smiled at Alex. “After all, the real point of the game was to have fun.”
“Oh, I see,” Danny said. “Alex taught you a lesson in when to bend the rules.”
“Or break them,” Stephanie agreed. “I remembered it just in time for the debate. I finally realized I was too worried about what Kyle wanted and the right way to do everything. I completely lost sight of the fact that a date is supposed to be fun.”
“Now that is a great lesson, Stephanie,” Danny agreed. “I’m really proud of you.” (p. 135)
Stephanie headed up to her room.
She had to be alone. She lay on her bed and kept playing and replaying the moment when she turned down Kyle’s date. Suddenly Michelle burst in without knocking. She took two steps into the room and stopped dead in her tracks.
“Oops,” she said. “I just broke the entering-without-knocking rule.”
Stephanie laughed and sat up. “It’s okay,” she said. She hurried across the room and reached for the list of rules on her bulletin board. She ripped it off. Then she tore it into pieces and dropped them into the trash.
“I think this will make us both happy,” Stephanie said.
Michelle’s eyes widened. Then she clapped.
“Thanks!” she cried. “And if you want to make me really happy, you’ll take me to see The Mermaid’s Garden on Saturday.”
Stephanie rolled her eyes. “Okay, fine,” she said.
Michelle looked shocked. “What did you say?”
“I said, okay, fine,” Stephanie repeated.
“Really? You’ll take me to the movies?”
“Really.”
Michelle looked troubled. “But . . . ummm,” she said.
“What’s wrong now?” Stephanie asked.
“There’s one tiny problem,” Michelle answered. “It’s Dad’s rule, the one that says we have to pay for movies out of our allowance.” Michelle swallowed hard. “I don’t have any allowance left.”
Stephanie laughed. “What did you spend it on?”
“Bubble gum,” Michelle admitted.
“Don’t worry about the money, Michelle,” Stephanie told her. “This date is my treat. Because as you just proved, some rules are made to be broken.” (p. 136-137)
From my perspective, the concept of breaking rules can be a good thing. Case in point: the writing rules. I think the writer can change them if he (or she) wants to. And who says writers should stick to (and keep) the writing rules all the time? I certainly don’t, as there are those authors who showed how the writing rules were meant to be changed or broken from time to time in their books — which I fully agree with right there.
For example, when writing a vampire story, the rules about vampires can be changed, such as whether or not they can eat human food, or if they can drink something besides blood (since there can be many variations of a vampire story). After all, when a person cooks up a new vampire story, they are making their own (and original) worlds and rules about vampires in that way.
Finally, I highly recommend this book to all the fans of Full House out there, and I give it five stars as well (although ten stars would be even better). 🏠🏫
January 23, 2009
Book Report
In this book: Full House Stephanie, the main characters are Stephanie, Kyle, her 2 best friends, and Stephanie’s family. The plot of the book is that Stephanie is asked out by Kyle Sullivan who is the most popular guy in school. Stephanie and her 2 best friends are really excited because Stephanie had liked Kyle for a long time and he asked her out. The reason this book is called “Ten ways to wreck a date” is because Stephanie thinks that Kyle is not the person she thought he was and she doesn’t like Kyle once they start going out and he wrecks their dates 10 times. For example when Stephanie and Kyle go out for the first time Stephanie wants to order her favorite Chinese food, but Kyle decides that he will order Stephanie his favorite Chinese food because he is going to pay even though Stephanie offered to pay for her own food. Kyle wants to pay for everything and it bother Stephanie that he doesn’t ask her for her opinion. One day when their history tells Stephanie and her classmates to write a poem about something they will like to talk about. Kyle decides to talk about why guys should pay when going on a date. On the other side is Stephanie talking about why girls should pay for their own on a date. Kyle doesn’t know what Stephanie is going to say. When Stephanie reads her speech and ten rules, Kyle is surprised and he decides that he agrees with her. At the end Stephanie realizes that she doesn’t like Kyle as much as she thought and she breaks-up with him. The setting takes place in San Francisco in her house and her school.
I think that the theme of the story is that you should ask, because you are not always right. I think that the reason I read this book is because I love the TV. show “Full House” and I enjoyed reading a book that you already know the charters in the book. I think I gave this book 5 star because you don’t know what will happen next in the story. Overall I really liked riding this book. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to watch the TV show Full House.
The level of this book is Q. 144 pages
In this book: Full House Stephanie, the main characters are Stephanie, Kyle, her 2 best friends, and Stephanie’s family. The plot of the book is that Stephanie is asked out by Kyle Sullivan who is the most popular guy in school. Stephanie and her 2 best friends are really excited because Stephanie had liked Kyle for a long time and he asked her out. The reason this book is called “Ten ways to wreck a date” is because Stephanie thinks that Kyle is not the person she thought he was and she doesn’t like Kyle once they start going out and he wrecks their dates 10 times. For example when Stephanie and Kyle go out for the first time Stephanie wants to order her favorite Chinese food, but Kyle decides that he will order Stephanie his favorite Chinese food because he is going to pay even though Stephanie offered to pay for her own food. Kyle wants to pay for everything and it bother Stephanie that he doesn’t ask her for her opinion. One day when their history tells Stephanie and her classmates to write a poem about something they will like to talk about. Kyle decides to talk about why guys should pay when going on a date. On the other side is Stephanie talking about why girls should pay for their own on a date. Kyle doesn’t know what Stephanie is going to say. When Stephanie reads her speech and ten rules, Kyle is surprised and he decides that he agrees with her. At the end Stephanie realizes that she doesn’t like Kyle as much as she thought and she breaks-up with him. The setting takes place in San Francisco in her house and her school.
I think that the theme of the story is that you should ask, because you are not always right. I think that the reason I read this book is because I love the TV. show “Full House” and I enjoyed reading a book that you already know the charters in the book. I think I gave this book 5 star because you don’t know what will happen next in the story. Overall I really liked riding this book. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to watch the TV show Full House.
The level of this book is Q. 144 pages
February 27, 2014
Another fun Full House re-read. I haven't been feeling all that great this week, and these books always put a smile on my face. Unfortunately, I only have a few of them left from my previous haul at Half Price Books.
I always liked this book because Stephanie stood up for herself against the most popular boy in school, which was a rarity for these 90's books. I remember a lot of other similar series having girls with no backbones, so it was a nice surprise in this one.
I always liked this book because Stephanie stood up for herself against the most popular boy in school, which was a rarity for these 90's books. I remember a lot of other similar series having girls with no backbones, so it was a nice surprise in this one.
January 31, 2015
Stephanie learns about feminism. Except that no one dares use that word. Not even in 1996, the year this one was published and Riot Girrrl was winding down and Girl Power was starting up. This is actually a very solid outing for a media tie-in book.
September 18, 2008
1. My goal for this week was to finish the entire book.+-
2. 1-137
3. Stephanie is very nice and smart. The plot of this story relates so much to real life.
4. My reading goal for next week is to finish at least half of another book in level y or z.
2. 1-137
3. Stephanie is very nice and smart. The plot of this story relates so much to real life.
4. My reading goal for next week is to finish at least half of another book in level y or z.
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