How to Be a Girly Girl in Just Ten Days (Candy Apple) [Paperback]

Lisa Papademetriou (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

A magazine-article makeover gives middle-school tomboy Nick a brand new look. But can she be a "girly-girl" and still be true to herself?

Nicolette Spicer ("Nick" to her friends) is a tomboy through and through. While her friends focus on shopping and lip gloss, Nick would rather buy new basketball shoes and practice her free throw. But everything changes when she meets a cutie named Ben and decides she has to ditch the jock look if she wants him to notice her. With the biggest party of the school year just ten days away, Nick is in a crunch. But when her best friend Lindsay suggests a magazine-article-inspired makeover, it seems like the perfect solution. But can Nick change her looks and still be herself?

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About the Author

Lisa Papademetriou has written more than thirty books for young readers, including Sixth-Grade Glommers, Norks, and Me. She worked as a teacher and a book editor before turning to writing full-time. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic (July 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439890586
• ISBN-13: 978-0439890588
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 6.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #187,481 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #37 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > People & Places > Social Situations > Peer Pressure

More About the Author

Lisa Papademetriou is the author of Sixth-Grade Glommers, Norks, and Me (named one of the Best Books of 2005 by FamilyFun.com ) and co-author (with Chris Tebbetts) of M or F? She has written and/ or adapted over thirty books for children and young adults, including titles in the Lizzie McGuire, That s So Raven, Kim Possible, and Sweet Valley High Senior Year book series. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, with her husband, where she enjoys quilting, dancing around the house to eighties music, playing the guitar (badly), and drinking large amounts of coffee. Her next book, The Wizard, the Witch, and Two Girls from Jersey will be published in May 2006.

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Courtesy of Teens Read Too, July 26, 2007

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This review is from: How to Be a Girly Girl in Just Ten Days (Candy Apple) (Paperback)

Nicolette Spicer, or Nick, has always been a tomboy, and wasn't ashamed of it. She was proud of the way she dressed and carried herself and she was proud at how well she did at basketball. But Nick's feelings about herself begin to change when she literally bumps into Ben, the new guy at school. Who knew he could be so cute up close?

Now Nick begins to crush on Ben, but there seems to be one little problem. It looks like Ben only goes for the types of girls who are completely into the way they look and the latest fashions. Girls like Hannah, who just so happens to also be on the basketball team -- but who is also pretty, Nick's enemy, and definitely the one Ben would go out with. Nick knows nothing about fashion and hasn't really cared about the way she looks, but she's determined to have Ben notice her girly side, and hopefully have him choose her over Hannah.

The only way Nick can accomplish this is to get a makeover, and she needs one quick so she can make her big debut as a girly girl at Hannah's party, which Ben will just so happen to be attending. But will this makeover be totally beneficial in helping Nick to get Ben? Or will it just make her feel even worse about herself?

Words just can't describe how hilarious and entertaining HOW TO BE A GIRLY GIRL IN JUST TEN DAYS was. Lisa Papademetriou shows us that sometimes being yourself is more worth it and definitely less time-consuming than a makeover. This is the perfect quick read for anyone who just wants to sit back and relax.

Reviewed by: Randstostipher "tallnlankyrn" Nguyen

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great book!, June 8, 2010

A Kid's Review

This review is from: How to Be a Girly Girl in Just Ten Days (Candy Apple) (Paperback)

I love this book, How to be a girly girl in just ten days! It's very exciting, and Nick Spicer gets confused and upset at the girly girl she's trying to be. It all starts when Nick bumps into a boy named Ben while going to get some punch. She begins to like Ben, but he only likes girls that are girly and beautiful. So Nick gives a go at being a girly girl. Soon, she decides a very important decision. Girly Girl or not?

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars OK. Some good points, some not so good., February 25, 2010

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This review is from: How to Be a Girly Girl in Just Ten Days (Candy Apple) (Paperback)

I read most of my twelve-year old daughters books not only to check for content, but because it's fun to 'go-back a few years'. This book was not the greatest pre-teen book i've read lately. The wording is a little off. The plot is long-drawn out. There is one circumstance in which I felt that main character 'used' a boy in a pretentious way like he didn't even matter. What I did like about it is that it does give the old advice to'just be yourself and that's a positive message that I would want to instill in my own daughter.