Mates, Dates, and Mad Mistakes
by:
Cathy Hopkins (author)
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...
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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 some changes. But the new Izzie comes with new problems. First there is Josh Harper, an older, cute-but-wild boy. Then there is her mother, who is opposed to every part of the "new Izzie." How can Izzie learn about herself and what it means to be grown up -- without upsetting everyone along the way?
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780689867224 (0689867220)
Publish date: May 1st 2004
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Series: Mates, Dates -4 (#6)
This is perhaps the most grown-up book in the series so far. It teaches some valuable lessons that most teens would probably ignore, but the great Cathy Hopkins is right.In this one, Izzie meets a right douche of a boy, Josh. The cool guy isn't so cool, he's a manipulative liar. One of the biggest l...