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Review by: Taylor Review for: The English Roses; A Perfect Pair
 *  A Unpredictable Story **


 * Heart-warming, love, friendship, intrigue,five girls;all of these are somethings that you will come across in this book,  __The English Roses; A Perfect Pair__  by Madonna.These five girls have been best friends for a very long time.One character, Nicole, is the brain of the group. She gets paired with Jamie(a cute soccer guy) for a science fair project. Then some information got into the wrong hands and was published onto the front page of the school newspaper as “Hampstead’s Hot Couple!” which was the complete opposite of what actually were! Since the information got a makeover. Nicole feels sick to her stomach to the point where she can’t even go to school for two days before the science fair, leaving Jamie to complete and present the project himself! Will he step up to the plate and swing big or strike out completely? **


 * I like how Nicole is outgoing. She is always going out of her way to help her friends and classmates. She is smart and persistent. She always has had straight A’s and never settles for less than perfect.She helped Jamie go from a D in a class to a B. She always tries her best. I could relate to her in everything she does. In essence, she always does her work and is always looking to do better. She wanted to do one thing on a project then changed it completely because she thought she would get a better grade on the newer idea. **


 * To illustrate, for me the plot was easy to connect with because it was like a lot of other books I have read before. They all have the same plot;girl like boy;another girl finds out and tries to sabatogue it because she’s jealous;they have relationship; something happens;that affects their relationship; they make up;they live happily ever after. The plot made me enjoy the book even more because there were parts that made me laugh and giggle.Like for example when Jamie was at the science fair waiting for Nicole to show up, a frog leaped into his shorts and he was jumping up and down and knocked over someone’s project.I was histerical. **


 * In addition, Madonna has written all of the books in this series.The reason why I wanted to read this book is the cover and the back story pulled me in.Some of those books are “Hooray for the Holidays” and “Runaway Rose” and “Being Birah”. People said it was an “excellent story” and “a book for girls”. **


 * To sum it up, “The English Roses; A Perfect Pair”is a book that as I would recommend to all elementary schoolers as well as middle schoolers. There definatley were moments that they can learn from . I hope that everyone who reads this book can easily enjoy it as much as I did! They can connect with so many things.Therefore, girls 9 years and up without a doubt that read this will love the characters and the plot. **