Mallory on Board

Mallory McDonald #7

by Laurie B. Friedman, Barbara Pollak (Illustrator)

Despite her fears of being a "third wheel," Mallory goes on a cruise for the wedding of the mother and father of her two best friends.

Genres: Realistic Fiction, Friendship, Family, Fiction, Childrens, Middle Grade

175 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Laurie Friedman is the author and ghostwriter of over 300 award-winning picture books, easy readers, chapter books, and novels for young readers including the bestselling Mallory McDonald series, the Moose the Dog easy reader series, the Camp Creepy Lake and Wendy & Willow chapter books, and may picture books including Cows in the House and Love, Ruby Valentine.

Reviews

[Sara · Rating 1 out of 5]

Re-reviewed on 1/23/1o
I am reading this 'on the side' to encourage one of my non-readers. In this Mallory book, Mallory is whiny and unsympathetic in many ways. I recognize that she exhibits characteristics of a perfect ego-centric 10-year old (which is developmentally appropriate). Too bratty for me. She does act like a heightened version of some of my students, the proper audience for these books, so I can see her appeal! In truth, I would prefer my girls to be enjoying less bratty protagonists in their fiction reading.

[Pooja Dimba · Rating 2 out of 5]

I knew this wasn't going to be a good book, I was reading it for fun and the love of getting a chance of flaming it.
Not thought provoking, no plot, poor dialog. I would've given it 1 1/2 stars if I could.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Now that Mallory's 2 best friends parents got married, no telling how Mallory will feel!

[Katie Fitzgerald · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mallory is not at her best in this book. She is whiny and selfish throughout almost the entire story and a lot of the scenes are repetitive. I felt like the author was struggling to fill the pages of the book. And I didn't buy that Mallory would be as jealous of her best friends becoming step-siblings as she was. It didn't ring as true to me as many of the other books in the series. But most of the others up until this one were much better - Mallory's a likeable gal most of the time!

[Kendall 11-12 · Rating 3 out of 5]

My favorite part in this book was when her to bff's leave her and she feels left out because her friends mom and the other friends dad are getting married and she things they all wont be friends because she things they are going to ditch her. I liked tis book it was okay.

[Niasia · Rating 5 out of 5]

this tought me how it feels when you think your going to loose a friend.

[erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

great!! awesome!! favorite out of the series!!

[Brett · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mallory continues to be very appealing. She is very likable & has realistic reactions to situations.

[Horace Mann Family Reading Challenge · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mallory went on a ship to see her friends mom get married. A.R.

[Sharon · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought that is was sad how Malloy got left out of all the things her 'new' family did together.
In the end, I was happy to hear that she had a nice day at the cruise.

[Sydney · Rating 4 out of 5]

i didn't like it when maryann and joey started hanging out with each other and leave mallory out. at the end they include her.

[Grace · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was good.

[Kiran · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like this book because Mallory goes on a cruise

[Hillvan]

AD740L

[Natalie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Really boring but might be interesting if I were younger

[Jesona]

nice book

[Nana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mallory is on a cruise with her best friends (who are also now step-siblings) but, on the cruise she's feeling a little left out--are her two best friends leaving her behind?

[Grace E. Rusche · Rating 3 out of 5]

Awesome

I loved the book. I loved that involved friends
I rated it five stars because it was a really good book and I just liked it.

[AdiG · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was interesting because I learned not to leave out a friend or say "no, you cannot play." A friend is not there to be mean to you, a friend is there to help you out.

[Rachel]

This book is about a girl named Mallory. She has two BFFs: Joey and Mary Ann. One day her friends’ parents wanted to get married, and it felt super awkward for Mallory, because, well, her best friends are going to be brother and sister after the wedding. Frank and Coleen (which are the names of Joey and Mary Ann’s parents) decided to get married on a boat called The Sea Queen. When Mallory and her family get on board the ship, the Capitan throws a “welcome aboard” party for Frank and Coleen. After a few days, Mallory started feeling left out because her friends got all this special treatment for being the children of the groom or bride, and she wasn’t having a lot of fun. After a while, her friends realized that she was feeling left out, and apologized for making her feel like that. They had a little surprise along with that, and I don’t want to tell you what it is or if it made her feel better, because that would just spoil the end.

I liked this book a lot because its all about how people and things can change so easily, and how you can never be Sure when they will.

[Smitha]

I can not read this 📚. I can only see the front cover 😡😡. I want to read it. How do you use goodreads

[Lynelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a fun book! Mallory has attitude in a big way, but she's juggling a lot of feelings she doesn't quite understand. I think the author does a great job of keeping the reader engaged and keeping Mallory's voice consistent. A definite recommend for early readers.