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Two of a Kind #27: The Facts About Flirting

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By Judy Katschke 88 Pages Published in New York by Harper Entertainment (2003) Mary-Kate had a crush on a boy in her fencing class, Jordan, but she was too shy to express her feelings. So her sister Ashley, who was more outright with boys and already had a boyfriend, decided to help Mary-Kate. Without Mary-Kate’s knowledge – let alone her permission – she began to write a love letter for Jordan on behalf of Mary-Kate, and signed the letter as a secret admirer. Then she stashed the letter quietly into Jordan’s backpack. In the letter, Ashley told Jordan to put his response letter inside an oak tree near the library, if he decided to reply. A few days later, there had been a response to the love letter – and it was full of sweet and romantic sentences that Ashley liked so much. She then quietly put the letter inside Mary-Kate’s notebook for her to discover. After finding the love letter, Mary-Kate had been nervous but then she decided to reply the letter to try her luck w

Two Of A Kind #6: My Sister The Supermodel

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Two Of A Kind #6:  My Sister The Supermodel Written by Megan Stine 89 pages Published by Harper Entertainment (1999) Ashley had always been very passionate about fashion and the modelling world. So when the crew of Real Teen magazine came to her school looking for new modelling talent, Ashley knew that she not only must join the tryout, but she must get selected too. Meanwhile, Ashley’s twin Mary-Kate – whom was previously only interested in sports and dressed in simple clothing – had suddenly decided to join in the tryout too. Mary-Kate mentioned that she wanted to try out just because she wanted to skip class on that day. When the big day came, everyone was shocked when the simple Mary-Kate was the one selected to model in Real Teen ’s fashion spread. Actually, the magazine had made it clear that they were looking for a model with natural looks to be featured on their pages. Mary-Kate had looked natural where Ashley had gone over-the-top with heavy make-up and glitzy clothes. Thus t

The New Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley: The Case of the Dog Show Mystery

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By Melinda Metz 85 Pages Published in New York by Harper Entertainment (2004) Mary-Kate and Ashley had registered their dog Clue in a dog show held during the State Fair. It was the first competition for Clue, and people were already talking about Clue’s potential to win in the contest.  Suddenly, during the few days leading up to the finale, Clue disappeared from the dog pen in the fair grounds, together with her dog leash. The twins quickly began to investigate their suspects and possibilities of what had happened. Their main suspects include Deanna, whose dog had won the competition three years in a row, and was looking for another title that year. Another suspect was Eldin, who worked backstage in the dog show. Eldin loved Clue so much because she looked just like the dog he had when he was a kid. Then Mary-Kate and Ashley also added their new friend Tony to the list of suspects. Tony had been a friendly and helpful kid on the day they first met, but then he turned

The New Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley: The Case of the Candy Cane Clue

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By Judy Katschke 83 Pages Published in New York by Harper Entertainment (2002) Mary-Kate and Ashley were at Patty’s birthday party which was held at the Tower of Toys toy store. It was a unique themed party for spoilt Patty, with food, games and a sleepover at the toy store. That night the kids were shown the most expensive and exclusive toy in the country: a singing toy bird called Sing-along Sammy. Sing-along Sammy was a rare, one-of-a-kind toy and was not for sale. It was kept in a secure glass display case inside the toy store. As the party went on, Sing-along Sammy had suddenly disappeared from the glass display case, apparently stolen. Mary-Kate and Ashley quickly assumed their detective personas and started investigating the theft case. Several suspects came into being: the first suspect was Vicki, a lady who played as a life-sized version of Margie the doll and had entertained the kids during a slot of the party. She had been very jealous of Sing-along Sammy

The New Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley: The Case of the Dog Camp Mystery

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By Judy Katschke 84 Pages Published in New York by Harper Entertainment (2001) Mary-Kate and Ashley brought their dog, Clue to a special dog camp after realizing that their dog had been acting strangely and misbehaving recently. The Camp Barkaway offered fun activities and games for both dog and their owners, as well as manners class for misbehaving dogs. Mary-Kate and Ashley hoped to find a cure to Clue’s recent behaviours, which include howling at night, chewing almost everything, scratching the furniture and tipping her dish bowl on purpose. Clue and the girls became a subject of scorn among some other dog owners – kids of their age – for being a so-called problematic dog. A girl named Grace kept calling Clue a “bad dog”, while a boy named Jesse really hated Clue because his own dog, Scooter, behaved even worse when Clue was around. One day during the week-long camp, Mary-Kate and Ashley went to see a vet to inquire about Clue’s behaviour. They went to see the vet wi

Foulplay #4: Simon Says

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Author: John Peel Published by Penguin Group (1993) Simon Brewster in Kayla’s school had the power to make other people do what he says even if they do not want to. Apparently he was able to hypnotize people to do what he wanted. Victims of his commands not only comprised of fellow students but also teachers as well as his own parents. Kayla realized that she was somewhat a bit immune to Simon. She soon discovered that that was possible because of the eyedrops she instilled in her eyes, which could make her vision blurry. And Simon had always looked straight into the eyes when he wanted to overpower the other person. With a blurry vision, Kayla could not focus her vision and that was the reason why Simon could not use his powers against Kayla. Because of this, Simon was afraid of Kayla and avoided her. As days went by, Simon’s pranks became more extreme. Once he ordered a boy to play in the middle of the road until the latter met an accident. People who angered him would

Getting To Third Date by Kelly McClymer

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Getting to Third Date By Kelly McClymer 291 pages Published by Simon Pulse (2006) This book was a page-turner; I finished reading it in less than 24 hours! I can relate much to the main protagonist, Katelyn, who had no luck in love so far; the person whom she had a crush on always ended up crushing on another girl and only considered her as a best friend. This happened during Katelyn’s high school years, and now that she was in college, the same thing happened again. Katelyn had a crush on Tyler, the editor of her college’s campus newspaper. Unfortunately Tyler had a crush on Katelyn’s roommate Sophia. However, Sophia was not interested in Tyler and instead believed that Katelyn and Tyler will make a good couple. Katelyn worked alongside Tyler in the campus newspaper. Tyler had asked her to assume the role of 'Mother Hubbard', a doctor love sort of character who answered to students’ love problems. Katelyn accepted the job in the first place because working on the newspaper wil