I love English Roses so much!! They are like mean at first but then finally at the end they are all best friends. My favorite book is English Roses. I love how they did the colors in this book . It might not be the worlds best comedy but it will still make you smile.
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The English Roses
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Not age appropriate for kids under 6, age appropriate for kids over 11; suggested age 8. -
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Madonna's first book is less than successful.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 8–11
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About The English Roses
Parents need to know that this book deals with subjects like conformity and competition among preadolescent girls. While these issues are of real concern to tweens, there's no meaningful self-reflection or growth among the characters. The girls start off in a clique of four and end up in a clique of five, with no insight about the inherent problems of conformity and exclusive social groups.
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- Families can talk about how kids can deal with similar social situations in real life. Do you ever hear friends say mean things about other classmates? Have you ever stuck up for classmates who get picked on for being different? Why or why not?
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NEVER read it!!!
even though I never read it it seems like a good book I hope I can get my hands on it and read it!!!
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Icried Lagugh
The English roses by Madonna is a vry insperaional book about friendship and jelousy.It is about 4 girls name Nicole,Charlette,Amy,and Grace and they have made a group called The English Roses.It is also about a girl name Binah.Binah is a girl in the neboirhood that the English Roses are jelous of.The English roses who are best of friends has sleepover at Nicole's house and there toughts and wonders begin to change! They al have the same dream of Binah and felt guilty because they was treating her so bad. Why did they feel guilty? What was the dream about? And what happens next? If you want the answers to these questions then raed the book!Madonna writes this book like shes talking to a friend and her illastrations are handmade if you really look.Madonna really discribes the charathers and that is why I recemmend this book to all ages and to people who are looking for a friendship and insperional tale!
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