How to Flunk Your First Date

Two of a Kind Diaries #2

by Megan Stine (Adaptation)

Love x 2 = Trouble


Ashley is so jealous. Mary-Kate has a new math tutor--and he's totally cute! The problem is, Mary-Kate couldn't care less about cute. Her math lessons are making her miss basketball practice--and that means she won't be able to play in the big game!

So the twins decide to switch places. Now Ashley is working on fractions with the tutor, while Mary-Kate is working on her jump shot.

But can they fool everyone long enough to get what they want?

Look inside for our photo scrapbook from the show!

Genres: Childrens, Middle Grade, Fiction, Young Adult, Romance, Chapter Books

88 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1999

About the author

Megan Stine is the Editor-in-Chief of Real U Guides and the author of more than 100 books for young readers including Trauma-Rama, an etiquette book for teenagers published by Seventeen magazine, and several titles in a series based on the popular 1990’s television series Party of Five. A frequent writer of books in the enormously popular Mary-Kate and Ashley series, she is the best-selling author of Likes Me, Likes Me Not and Instant Boyfriend. She has worked with CBS and ABC in developing comedy and drama television pilots, and has written comedy material for a well-known radio personality in New York.

When she isn’t writing, she is a portrait and fine art photographer and a contributing photographer for the Real U series of guides.

Reviews

[Bridgette · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cute and funny book,starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. It's not a wow book but it's great. The plot it's easy to understand and fun. It's better for you if you aren't a native english speaker. It helps you practice the language.

[April · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've always loved the show to the kind and these books are even better. Just like all books do they add more than the show had. So it's like a treasure trove of more information and was available in the show.

[Moira · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Blurb sounds very interesting and makes me curios. I never seen the TV Show. But I knew there were its of book. When I was thirteen yeas old, I got three books from the series Two of a kind. Last year I bought them all. I had to know what happens in the 28 books later. The Book cover is very nice and cute designed. I love the color and how the young olsen twins smile.

Marykate has a problem. She isnt good in math, but she cant miss her basketball practice. Her Dad gets her a math tutor, so she get good grades. Marykate isnt very happy about it. She misses the basketball. Ashley falls in love in the math tutor So the girls have the craziest idea to switch,

But will the truth come out?

The story is sweet. The writing skill is very easy to understand. Its a short story at a age of 88. So you can read it in one days. The heroes are Marykate and Ashley. And finally I I iiked their version, their different behavior

[Minahil · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this book very funny and sweet how Mary - Kate took all the blame for Ashley even tho the plan to switch places was Ashley's idea and i find it very cute and sweet of Carrie there babysitter to set up Kevin there dad on a date even tho i ship them both like Carrie is a good babysitter and could be a good mom for Ashley and Mary- Kate if I'm being honest she's fun knows how to cook and gets along with both girls really well. I think its a good book for a 11-12 year old as the twins were also 12

[August Grey · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s so weird reading these books now. I don’t think I realised how short they were as a kid. Or maybe I did. Maybe this is where I found my need to prioritise taking a stack of books when going on a trip, so I wouldn’t run out of things to read.
They’re cute though. Definitely a bit silly, but they are fun, and they have a few laughs when you manage to sift through the ridiculousness of the overreactions of pre-teen girls in the 2000s.

[tia]

my most vivid memory of 9th grade is reading this series on the way home from school and begging, absolutely begging the school librarian to let me get two of them when you were only allowed one book a day

[Hayley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Again such nostalgia and a great read! Perfect hour spent in the bath just chilling and reading about the mischief they get up to. Can't wait for the next!

[Amina · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was funny and really touching it was awesome

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

I just couldn't resist reading this! It was super cute, and really made me want to watch this show again.

[Victoria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Five stars mainly because I read this when I was in high school and I was obsessed with Mary-Kate and Ashley back then (well... maybe up until now lol).

[Tessie Dragon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Knížky o Olsenkách mě vždy moc bavily,hlavně jejich ztřeštěné nápady.O moc lepší než filmy. ;)

[Sarah Seelbaugh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Brings me so back to the 90s I love them. I was so obsessed with them back in the day! I can't believe I was able to get some of these to read. Love them.

[Viggo · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars - Gets an extra .5 for having a guy called out for hitting on a woman while she’s at work 😎

[Lexi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Basically its a written form of the TV show. Definitely made more a middle grade reading level. I read one of the books when I was young so I figured I would read these for the nostalgia.

[Saee :) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading Ashley guised as Mary kate flirting with Math tutor gave me second hand embarasement!
And Kevin geting publically rejected was embarassing but funny.

[Rebecca Wright · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am loving this series, really missed them. Still feels like reading them for the first time. Can't wait to read more only got 38 left to go.

[Neville Ridley-smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ooh yeah - I read me some Mary-Kate and Ashley. AKA The Olsen Twins.

This is another bunch of books my girls are throwing out. Having never seen the tv show and pretty much having no idea who these people are, I thought I'd have a speed read to see what I was missing out on.

Not much.

I mean, it was ok. Regardless of the photos in the back, it was very apparent that this was an episode of a comedy show. I could almost hear the audience laughter after every second line of dialogue. It wasn't exactly an original story - weyhey, the old twin switcheroo! And one of the girls has a crush on an older boy who's a maths tutor. And there's a sideplot involving the dad asking out a girl. But at least there's some actual maths. And it's never like 'oh, maths is so hard cos I'm a girl'.

Yeah, I don't think I've really got anything else to say. It's fairly inoffensive and I wouldn't have a problem with my girls watching it. But I wouldn't encourage it.

[Annabel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely LOVE two of a kind, Mary-Kate and Ashley are so cool! They get up to all sorts of mysterious adventures and the names are so cool! So little time books are good too, I can't wait to read the sweet sixteen ones as well!

[Shelly]

loved it

[Maisie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Look at how cute they look on the cover! Hahaha so old

[Alisha Brook · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was a huge fan of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen and was on an endeavour to collect all their movies and books.

Two of a Kind was a cute little series that offered interesting storylines.

[GiuliaSwan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ich fand es ok

[Malaika Opany · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was very funny seeing both their personalities mix.

[Kaitie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Can't tell if I like this series more or the mystery series more... but both bring back so many memories and nostalgia!