Mallory Vs. Max (Mallory McDonald, #3) by Laurie B. Friedman

Mallory Vs. Max (Mallory McDonald, #3) Reviews

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  Karen Patrick

  Why am I reviewing a book I read as a nine-year-old? I'm not sure. But what I am sure about is that this is one of my favourites in the series. :)
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  Katt Hansen

  Mallory's brother Max is getting a puppy and Mallory is being unreasonable about the whole thing. She can't seem to wrap her head around change and once again is struggling in a very big way with this adjustment. How she comes to eventually like the dog at all seems like something of a miracle. Mallory really has a hard time in these books. I wonder if she'll ever grow out of this?
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  Erin Spence

  WOW this book was awesome
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  Enyang L

  i haven't finish the book but all the Mallory's book is very fun and very funny so i very like the book by this author and this styes book like mallory in move,back to school mallory and this one.
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  Elizabeth

  I loved it! Mallory is a lovable character, And I will be getting more of this book series! I love how it all works out in the end. This book has a good lesson as well.
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  Elaine

  I'm rating this a 4, but that's a 4 in terms of this type of book, meaning "easy-to-read, informal language, kid-point-of-view book", not a 4 as in books all around (e.g., I rated a lot of the Little House and Harry Potter books a 4, but a '4' for those books doesn't mean it's the equivalent of others I've rated a 4. I rate books relative to other books of the same genre/target audience of the book.)
  
  Anyway, this book is from the point of view of an 8 year old girl, with a 10 year old brother. Hm, how fitting for us! E picked this up at the library and read it all in one day. She said 'Wow, this author really understands how an 8 year old girl feels!' So, given that comment, I decided to find out what exactly I'm missing about my OWN 8 year old's thoughts, since she also mentioned that she often thinks the same things as Mallory.
  
  *Spoiler alert*
  
  Reading the book, I can totally see and hear E in all of Mallory's thoughts, actions, and dialogue. Everything from the shouts of 'THAT'S NOT FAIR!', to the feeling of being left out because the parents are paying more attention to her brother, to the 'I'm going to stay in my room FOREVER!', to the 'I'm just going to do something foolish to PROVE that I don't need someone to tell me how to do something, because I'm mad about something else' attitude. It was quite insightful to read, actually!
  
  So after all the pouting and complaining (and yes, there's a lot of that for most of the beginning/middle of the book), I loved that in the end, she learns to change her attitude, and discovers that getting along with her brother is quite nice, even if it is very hard to do. The book follows her through many 'injustices' to forgiveness and the softening of her heart and acknowledgement that a new attitude really does make a difference. I hope E also has learned a few things while reading this. It's a great book to talk about sibling rivalry.
  
  This is the first book of the series that we've read, even though it's not the first book in the series. We're going to go back and look for others from this series, and I hope they are as uplifting as this one.
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  Krista Guillen

  Book Review 02-05-2016
  Krista Guillen
  “Mallory vs Max”
  
  
  I give this book 4 stars because even when the book it’s very short it has a lot of learnings, like sometimes you might not be happy being with your brother/sister, because they are annoying, talks too loud and sometimes embarrassed you. But I promise you that if your brother/sister goes away for awhile, you will miss him/her as much as I missed my brother when he went to his camp.
  
  I really can relate to this book because I have a lot of argument with my brother but at the end we always end up making up. So in the book Mallory didn’t agree about something Max was getting, so she had a very bad attitude but then her best friend told her that she needed to change her tune, and when she did, everything turned out very well.
  
  I would really recommend this book who sometimes dislike their siblings, but again couldn’t live without them. I kind of think this book is a realistic one because everyone has gone through that. But I honestly think that instead of arguing and fighting they should have DISCUSSED IT.
  
  Thanks for Reading.
  
  (Spanish Part)
  
  A este libro yo le doy un 4 porque aunque sea muy corto tiene un gran significado, por ejemplo hay veces que no te cae bien tu hermano/ hermana, porque son molestos, hablan muy alto y a veces te avergüenzan. Pero te prometo que si tu hermano/hermana se va por algún tiempo, lo extrañaría como cuanto yo extrañe a mi hermano cuando se fue de campamento.
  
  Yo puedo relacionarme con este libro porque yo me peleo mucho con mi hermano pero al final siempre terminamos haciendo la pazes. Entonces en el libro Mallory no estaba de acuerdo que a Max le dieran algo, entonces ella tenía una pésima actitud pero sí mejor amiga le dijo que si cambiaba de actitud todo iba a ser mejor y así fue.
  
  Yo recomiendo este libro a las personas que tiene problemas con sus hermanos seguido,te ayuda a recapacitar que son tus hermanos y que al final no podes vivir sin ellos. Yo creo que este libro es maso menos realista porque quién no a estado en la situación que se pelea con su hermano? Pero si soy honesta yo creo que en vez de pelear pudieron discutir.
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  Willow The

  good book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  good book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  PSU

  Mallory thinks getting a dog will change around the house.Mallory was right it did change around the house all they talk about is Max's dog and that he is cute,sweet,and awesome.Mallory and cheeseburger feel left out because they don't get some attencion anymore.Now they are starting dog school.Champ is Max's dog so they learned how to teach Champ to sit.Now Max wants to take camp to school and Mallory doesn't agree because she doesn't want anybody else to talk about Max's dog at school and at home for the rest of her life.I recommend this book to Leslie R. and Joselyn because this made me feel kind of with her {Mallory] andher brother Max.
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  Paige

  awsome book but simple book to read :)
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  Makenna

  good
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  erin

  I AGREE WITH MAX; i'm a dog person
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  Brett

  Short, sweet read.
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  Savindi

  this is a true story about her and her brother you have to read it
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  Sonofposeidon3

  I loved this book! LOL!
  
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  Danielle

  Way cute series for 2nd / 3rd graders . I like as an adult too.
  
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  Indah Threez Lestari

  1087 - 2012
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  Jodie

  A book that is part of a series about a brother and a sister and how they get along. This story forces Mallory to take a new look at things when her brother gets a dog.
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  Jen

  I think that this is my favorite one in the series!!!:)
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  Sharon

  This book connects to a lot of my sisterly problems with Jane, my sister.I was glad that in the end they both made up and became one HAPPY family.
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  Sydney

  i like the dog. it was cute. and mallory was jealous because her cat wasn't the center of attention.