Mates, Dates and Inflatable Bras (The Mates, Dates series) - Softcover

Cathy Hopkins

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848123663 ISBN 13: 9781848123663

Publisher: Piccadilly Press, 2014

Synopsis

Lucy feels like everything is changing around her, and suddenly she is required to make all sorts of decisions. Everyone else knows who they are and what they want to be except for her. Worse still, her best friend has hooked up with the glamorous Nesta. Can three girls be best friends?

But then the day Lucy sees the most wonderful boy crossing the street, things do start to change - in all areas of her life...

The first book in the highly successful MATES, DATES series that's sold over 3 million copies worldwide.

About this title

Review:

The first in a new series for younger teenage girls, this story introduces us to Lucy, her best mates Izzie and Nesta and their world of music, fashion, astrology, mobile phones and boys. Lucy is feeling distinctly uneasy. At 14 it is time for her to start thinking about her future and when her teacher sets an assignment on who and what the class want to be she feels that she is the only one who doesn't know. To make matters worse, when Izzie reads the tarot cards for her they predict changes - exactly what Lucy doesn't want, especially now that Izzie seems to have a new best friend in the glamorous (and gorgeous) Nesta. When Izzie and Nesta start going out and leaving Lucy behind because she looks too young to get into the cinema, she is left feeling even more inferior and isolated. But thankfully she is made of strong stuff, and when she spies the boy of her dreams through the window of a bus circumstances take another turn and she gradually learns more about friendship, love and what she wants from life. This is a well-observed and at times hilarious account of what makes teenage girls tick. Cathy Hopkins can really empathise with adolescent fears and insecurities. Friendships and relationships are given serious consideration but with a light-hearted touch. Lucy's haircut from hell and her experiments with the inflatable bra of the title are extremely funny. The style of writing is bang up-to-date and the language modern and colloquial. --Kirkus UK

"Sharply written teenage fiction." --The Bookseller

"Cathy Hopkins is one of the best. She examines real-life issues with honesty, humour and total empathy." --Liverpool Echo

From the Author:

Cathy Hopkins lives with her husband and cats in Bath and has written some of the best-known teen fiction. Her hugely popular MATES, DATES series sold over 3 million books worldwide. She is also the author of the TRUTH DARE and CINNAMON GIRL series. Follow Cathy at www.cathyhopkins.com or on Twitter: @CathyHopkins1.

About this edition

• Publisher: Piccadilly Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1848123663
• ISBN 13: 9781848123663
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144