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Mates, Dates, and Pulling Power
- Narrated by: Nicky Talacko
- Series: Mates, Dates, Book 7
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Children's Audiobooks, Literature & Fiction
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Editor reviews
Cathy Hopkins’ popular Mates and Dates YA series tracks the up and downs of four teenaged women. In this installment, one of those girls, Nesta, develops a crisis of confidence after she gets braces put on her teeth.
Featuring a youthful, engaging performance by Nicky Talacko, Mates, Dates, and Pulling Power follows Nesta, who’s always been sure of her beauty, as she meets a handsome young actor named Luke. Worried about her attractiveness ("pulling power"), she needs help from her "mates"; Lucy, Izzie, and T. J.; to regain her groove.
Hopkins’ novel is full of pathos and painfully accurate observations, and Talacko delivers her prose with an age-appropriate mix of cockiness and vulnerability.