Mates, Dates, and Sizzling Summers [Library Binding]

Cathy Hopkins (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 9, 2009 | Series: Mates, Dates

Boys are like buses for T.J.: no sign of one for ages and then two come along at the same time!

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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

• Library Binding: 214 pages
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1435245261
• ISBN-13: 978-1435245266
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 3.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,811,393 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good-Bye Lucy, Izzie, Nesta and T.J., May 19, 2006

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This review is from: Mates, Dates, and Sizzling Summers (Mass Market Paperback)

The final volume of this series has a title that only applies to a few paragraphs at the end. It is just after the Diamond Dazzle. T.J. gets Feng Shui help and discovers that her waste bin has been sitting in her relationship zone. No sooner is it moved than things begin to happen. A boy she met at the Diamond Dazzle calls and a new relationship may be beginning. But then tragedy strikes her family as one of them is hospitalized and relationships are not big on T.J.'s agenda. But it does give her an excuse to pick up some food as an alternate to what is being served in the hospital and she runs into Luke. You may remember him as the two-timer from TEMPTING TROUBLE that almost spit up the mates.

Now T.J. finds herself interested in two guys in different ways. She needs a way to decide between them. This time she enlists the mates right up front so everything is in the open. But no sooner does she realize she has to make a decision then the guys run into each other. To complicate things, T.J.'s family heads for Cornwall for a bit of rest and recuperation. But T.J. still has to figure out how she feels about each guy without being a two-timer herself. As with the other books it all works out in the end but you will have to read it to find out how.

This is the last book in the series and I was happy to see the preaching that was so important in the last two volumes was gone from this one. Sure, there is still some teen angst (there wouldn't be a series without it) and some real drama. The end reminded me of the end of Calvin and Hobbs where things don't end, they just confirm that they will go on. No silly breaking up the cast to the four winds. But it really didn't have the feel of being the last book (which could be less sad for those who will miss the characters). Still, if you have made it through the first eleven books, you will not be disappointed here. Read on.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mates,Dates,and Sizzling Summers, February 16, 2007

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Mates, Dates, and Sizzling Summers (Mass Market Paperback)

There are four girls the main character is Izzy. They are B.F.F.L and Izzy is the new one to the group so she is a little shy. All is fun until the other two have boyfriends and the other two don't. Izzy's dad has a stroke and her mum is so upset. So her dad gets better really fast and the doctor ask them if they want his family's summer house in NORTHERN ENGLAND!!! They go there for a week and did i say that Izzy has two guys who are in love with her. So they go up there and stay for a week and they buy the house and the only have it during the summer, and she finds the guy that she wants and they live happily ever after till the next book. I wonder what will happen in the next book.