Book Review: The Mother-Daughter Book Club

 
















The Mother-Daughter Book Club by Heather Vogel Frederick

Summary: (amazon)

Even if Megan would rather be at the mall, Cassidy is late for hockey practice, Emma's already read every book in existence, and Jess is missing her mother too much to care, the new book club is scheduled to meet every month.

But what begins as a mom-imposed ritual of reading Little Women soon helps four unlikely friends navigate the drama of middle school. From stolen journals, to secret crushes, to a fashion-fiasco first dance, the girls are up to their Wellie boots in drama. They can't help but wonder: What would Jo March do?

Acclaimed author Heather Vogel Frederick will delight daughters of all ages in a novel about the fabulousness of fiction, family, and friendship.

My Thoughts:

I read these back in fifth grade and thought they were great. But then as I read the later ones they became just plain obnoxious. First of all, the writing is terrible, she obviously didn't edit the last book. Also, the characters are so not believable. The first few books were okay in that sense, but teenagers DO NOT sound like that whatsoever. On the other hand the first three were cute and fun. Overall, I would recommend the first three to elementary school girls. The others are just obnoxious.

Content: Cautious--drama, kissing in the later ones

My Rating: 3 stars (they were decent)

PG, 10 and UP