Mates, Dates, And Diamond Destiny (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) [Library Binding]

Cathy Hopkins (Author), Paul Draine (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2006 | Series: Mates, Dates...

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Four teenage girls navigate the difficult waters of friendship,romance, and self-worth in this series that has been described as Bridget Jones as a teen. Important issues belie the flip titles and breezy writing.

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About the Author

Cathy Hopkins lives in North London with her handsome husband and three deranged cats. She has had nineteen books published. The fifth book

in the Mates, Dates series, Mates, Dates, and Sole Survivors, was recently released in the U.K. Piccadilly Press has launched a new series from Hopkins,

based on the classic sleepover game of Truth or Consequences. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Library Binding: 249 pages
• Publisher: Turtleback (February 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1417740647
• ISBN-13: 978-1417740642
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,063,263 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME as usual, July 10, 2006

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A. L. Wooden (Bedford, OH, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mates, Dates, and Diamond Destiny (Mass Market Paperback)

This one is about Nesta and her need to help others. But if she doing it for the right reasons or to impress a boy??

I loved this book. The ones about Nesta are usually my favorite because she is the one i can identify with most. There are great moral values to be learned in this book. And it has even inspired me to do a few new things.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Time For Charity, March 9, 2006

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Joshua Koppel (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mates, Dates, and Diamond Destiny (Mass Market Paperback)

Nesta may be falling for a new guy and she doesn't even know it. Of course the rest of the group seems to know what is going on. But Nesta gets fully wrapped up in the idea of charity and what she and others can do to help the less fortunate. While this section gets almost as preachy as the dieting of the previous volume, it lets up about a third of the way into the book.

Soon Nesta has enlisted everyone to help a specific charity and disasters need to be overcome. But even while juggling fund raising disasters, Nesta still has plenty of time for relationship disasters. Just where are things going with the new guy and where does she want them to go? Well it all meets up at the end as Nesta leads the charge with the school's fund raising event The Diamond Destiny Dance.

I like Nesta and it is good to get into her head and see what she really thinks about. I was glad to see that the early preaching in the book let up rather quickly. The rest of the book was pretty good but there is a moment at the end that is a little hard to swallow even though it makes a good story.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for teens, February 21, 2006

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Maria Garcia Bonini "Marcelarte" (Houston) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mates, Dates, and Diamond Destiny (Mass Market Paperback)

My teenage daughters love the series, great to make them read !!!