Mary-Kate & Ashley Sweet 16 #10: Keeping Secrets (Mary-Kate and Ashley Sweet 16) [Paperback]

Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 29, 2003 | Age Level: 9 and up | Series: Mary-Kate and Ashley Sweet 16 (Book 10)

Anything can happen when you're sweet sixteen ...

To Do This Month

• Someone's spreading rumors about me and Aaron!
• Gossip and rumors taking over the school!
• Find out who created gossip Website
• Principal shut down all student Websites -- including my matchmaking site!
• Save Ashley's matchmaking site

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About the Author

Mary-Kate and Ashley have been celebrities since the day when, at the age of nine months, they joined the cast of the hit sitcom "Full House" in their shared role as Michelle. Each of Mary-Kate and Ashley's 14 years since has witnessed the outstanding expansion of their popularity...their fans have literally grown up alongside the twins! First in television and feature films, Mary-Kate and Ashley now appear in videos, music, interactive software, fashion dolls and accessories, and more. Their latest ventures include launching their official website and debuting a line of licensed fashion clothing, as well as their very own magazine in spring 2001.

Mary-Kate & Ashley books launched in 1990, and today the various book series continue to grow to reflect the ever-evolving lifestyles of kids, 'tweens, and teens. HarperEntertainment and Parachute Publishing release twenty-five books a year and have sold more than 30 million copies. Mary-Kate and Ashley's two book series Two of a Kind and The New Adventures of Mary Kate and Ashley are frequent USA Today bestsellers. And Mary-Kate & Ashleynovelties, such as Wall Calendars, a Mood Diary, a Be My Valentinecard-making kit, and the movie tie-in series, Starring-In continue to be hugely popular.

The growth of the Mary-Kate & Ashley brand has afforded Parachute and Harper the opportunity to work with companies such as Acclaim Entertainment, Mattel Inc., Warner Home Video, Kid Rhino, Lightyear Entertainment, Sail with the Stars on cross-promotional and cross-merchandise projects, including a very special, book-dedicated area on mary-kateandashley.com -- Now Read This!

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: HarperEntertainment (July 29, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060556455
• ISBN-13: 978-0060556457
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 6.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,359,769 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Melinda Metz grew up in San Jose, California. People sometimes ask if she knows the way there. She kinda does, but she has an off-kilter sense of direction, so to be confident of arriving, it's better to consult some kind of navigational device.

Her mother tried to teach her to read in kindergarten, but Melinda had no interest. She also had no interest in learning to write her name. (FYI, when Melinda was in kindergarten it was all about finger-painting, play time, and naps.) Eventually, she mastered both and even majored in English at San Jose State University.

After college, Melinda moved to Manhattan to seek her fortune, which involved learning to identify fruits and vegetables while working at a grocery store,
making $2.73 working backstage for an off-off Broadway play (her part of the box-office profits), and editing books.

Melinda and the lovely and talented Laura J. Burns pretty much became unofficial writing partners when they were editors at the same company. They teamed up to brainstorm story ideas, and at some point their brains fused in some key places. Later they worked on the Roswell High book series, Laura developing and editing the series, Melinda writing.

That series led to Melinda and Laura, now an official writing team, writing two TV pilots, moving to L.A. to work on the Roswell TV show, and briefly living in Toronto while on the writing staff of 1-800-Missing. They both continue to write books, together and separately.

Melinda has never regretted learning to read and write her name.

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Another bland MKA story..., December 30, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Mary-Kate & Ashley Sweet 16 #10: Keeping Secrets (Mary-Kate and Ashley Sweet 16) (Paperback)

This is Sweet 16 "Keeping Secrets," ...I think there books and movies are "soggy mush."
This book ...isn't good, however it's not the mushiest piece of junk the Olsens have ever done.
This book is about a site that is called "Beauty or Beast" where the site rates the people beauty or beast. They also post comments on what they think of the person. The girls think it's cruel, and yeah, on one hand it is, making "unanymous" comments about people.
Anyway, MK started a campaign against the site, and she looks at her rating. It's a 4.8. However it goes down as MK starts being more "wild" and wearing 8-year-old tops as crop tops! It's obv. her rating goes down...
And someone's spreading rumours on Beauty or Beast, that Ashley's b. friend Aaron is dating someone else!
Now MK & A and there best mates Brittany and Lauren are going to shut down beauty or beast, no matter what the consequences are!

So that's the plot. But to be totally honest, this book is very boring to me, a rock-chick who rules by "Emily Strange" and "Ryoko" from Tenchi Universe. I ain't fallin' for the trap these twins set up for me, of being a teenage bubblegum Barbie Doll, I am no way gonna be one of those divas.

The characters are fictional, but if these two characters in the book replaced MKA, maybe the world would be a better place. Not that I care of what MKA get up to, that's not my choice. Look, just be yourself and ... what anyone else thinks." >I am no way dissing MKA, but I hate the stories and movies they do. ...

This book is a bit more down-to-earth then maybe some of the other Sweet-16 books, ... I really want a story that can relate to real life, ...frankly, I couldn't give a ... on what you do in your ... lives. It's up 2 you.

Rock on and be yourself

0 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad, March 17, 2004

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Mary-Kate & Ashley Sweet 16 #10: Keeping Secrets (Mary-Kate and Ashley Sweet 16) (Paperback)

I don't like Mary-Kate and Ashley stuff. I don't agree with everything. Everything is so mushy-gushy. I encourage you not to buy Mary-Kate and Ashley stuff, instead-buy Hilary Duff stuff!