by Cathy Hopkins
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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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Average Customer Review:
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
pretty darn good, 2006-06-22
i think that it was a good story but could have used a little more unexpected surprises. overall the talking about teenage subjects was effective although it was slightly sugarcoated.
~Maddie W
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Great stuff for girl teens , 2006-05-11
As i bookseller with specialty in kids and teens, I must really give this series the "thumbs up"!
They are great "light reading", but with substantial contents for their target group. A series with all the right messages - trust in yourself, value your good friendships, be your own person, don't succumb to group pressure etc. BUT they are not annoyingly politically correct, and they are written in a way that will appeal to most age 11-14 girls.
They deal with friendships, first loves, puberty, parents, siblings, school and issues like 'what am I good at' and 'what do I want to be professionally' etc.
The first 6 books are narrated by 4 different girls (who are all friends), which gives a good insight to how different girls in a group see, react towards and percieve the various situations and issues.
Reading "guidelines":
The first five books are good from age 11 and up, from book six the girls mature somewhat and, depending on the individual of course, readers should be a year or two older.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
 really good series!!, 2005-06-14
This is the sixth book in this series and it is about Izzie. In this book, she meets a boy in the park, Josh, and he is a bad influence, he does drugs, smokes and drinks. Izzie thinks nothing of it and does it too, even though she doesnt like the feeling of any of it. She starts getting into fights with her mom because of it and gets into lots of trouble and her friends start worring about her. Read this series, its really good!!!
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Good but not the best , 2005-05-13
I enjoyed this novel for the most part but I've got to admit that it wasn't my favorite of Cathy Hopkins's books. It had an interesting premise and moved at a good pace but it just felt a little lackluster for some reason. (I definitely can relate to Izzie though.) In the end, there was too much preaching and philosphizing. Authors need to learn that sending a message about drugs, alcohol and sex to teenagers is best done sublty. Over all the book was pretty good.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 Fun, but it seems a little bit desperate, 2005-02-05
I love the books in the Mates, Dates, and...series, but the last two have seemed a little bit desperate. Cathy Hopkins is a good author, but it seems like this series is about to end. MATES, DATES, AND MAD MISTAKES is cute, but nothing special.
Izzie feels a little different from the rest of her friends - she wants to try more wild and crazy things (like drinking and getting her belly-button pierced without parental consent), but she's still the same fun character. When Izzie starts testing her limits, though, she starts to get into trouble. She's met this guy, Josh, and he's encouraging her to do a ton of things she wouldn't normally do. Her friends (and parents) recognize that she's fallen into a downward spiral, but they can't do anything to change her mind.
MATES, DATES, AND MAD MISTAKES is one of the more serious books, with Izzie getting into drinking, smoking, drugs, and lying to her mom and stepdad. I wouldn't say the book is bad, but for all the problems that Izzie faces, the ending was too sugarcoated. Also, I miss the Izzie from the older books - the one that was into all the astrology, tarot cards, etc. In MATES, DATES, AND MAD MISTAKES, Izzie barely even mentions any of the things she loved in the first books.
I'd recommend getting it from the library, but I wouldn't buy it.
Overall grade - C
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