cover image Mates, Dates, and Sole Survivors

Mates, Dates, and Sole Survivors

Cathy Hopkins. Simon Pulse, $6.99 (224pp) ISBN 978-0-689-85992-2

Popular series return with new installments. Cathy Hopkins's foursome of bubbly teenage girls is back for their fifth adventure, Mates, Dates, and Sole Survivors. Fashion-forward Lucy narrates as she and her girlfriends try to find the perfect boy, balance friendships with budding relationships, and casually debate the merits of ""putting out"" versus holding out. Line drawings of T-shirts with empowering or amusing slogans separate the chapters.