Mirror, Mirror

Lizzie McGuire #14

by Jasmine Jones, Melissa Gould, Nina G. Bargiel

Move over J.Lo Thanks to Gordo's latest student film project, Lizzie and Miranda are about to star in their own music video. That's until Gordo shows the girls some photos he took of them during a rehearsal and Miranda totally freaks, claiming she looks way too fat. Can Lizzie help her friend come back to reality before Miranda starves herself? Plus, Gordo gets a complex of his own, when he starts thinking he's not tall enough.

Genres: Fiction, Childrens, Tv, Media Tie In, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Contemporary

160 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2004

Reviews

[Jerry (Rebel With a Massive Media Library) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yet another fun Disney Channel novelization. Hopefully, soon, I'll have read all the books in this series.

[Hannah | Reading Under Covers · Rating 3 out of 5]

These books are really good for what they are. Super nostalgic.

[Annette · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, I think there's no one who would get these books without having ever seen an episode of Lizzie McGuire. I watched quite a few of them when I was quite a lot younger and I always enjoyed them immensely. While reading this book I mostly noticed how realistic all these situations are. I think a lot of teens, from then and now, recognize themselves in these characters. Each of them has their moment to shine and each of them has their moment to be in trouble, I also really loved how in this book Lizzie at some point does ask her mother to help her out, knowing she couldn't do this alone. That's certainly an important lesson to learn for teens. There are always adults willing to help out. Find the right one and prevent a lot of hurt and pain. Thanks Lizzie for being so relatable, funny, endearing and real!

[Sophie Sternschuss · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super nostalgic just like the episodes they were based off of and was very true to the plot line( if not identical I’ll have to watch those episodes back now!) This actually has two stories the one where Miranda diets and the one where Gordo is turned down because he is short. Both have the same messages behind them.

Edit: ive watched the episodes and the books are a direct word for word from the show.

[James Crawford · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this part of the book Gordo is shooting a music video with Lizzie and Miranda. Miranda sees some of the shots and gets the idea that she is fat and so she goes on a severe diet. She eats almost nothing, collapses once at Lizzie's home and gets made at Lizzie when she says something about it to her.

She finally admits she has a lot of things she having to deal with and stops her type of dieting. The story is concerned with early anorexia nervosa, an extremely serious eating disorder of young girls (primarily) and, at least in this case, the problem is solved by the person opening up to someone else about their problems.

This part was based on Episode 39, Inner Beauty.

One of the funniest lines in this part of the story is "Ethan had the brains of a bread crumb."

There are two themes going on in this part of the story. First, Gordo asks a girl to go to a dance with him but she turns him down since she feel's he's too short and Gordo keeps trying to compensate for that.

The second theme is Matt having to do a report on his family's ancestors, a report in which he feels truth is of no importance, claiming his family descends from George Washington through Davy Crockett on through Elvis.

(note: Granted, I really don't like the Matt character, but I think in this case the teacher should have said something. How could the teacher have even begun to believe such a story as he spun? He really should have failed the assignment.)

Gordo has a talk with a substitute teacher who tries to tell him that being short is not the end of the world and those who judge people by their height aren't really the type of people Gordo should be interested in anyhow.

The girl who turned Gordo down ends up apologizing to him and does end up dancing with him and Lizzie ends up being jealous.

This part is based on Episode 46, A Gordo Story.

[Samantha · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a longtime Lizzie McGuire fan, I couldn’t resist picking up Mirror, Mirror, and I have to say, the nostalgia factor is definitely a highlight. It’s fun to revisit the familiar world of Lizzie, Miranda, and Gordo, and the book captures the lighthearted charm of the show well.

That said, while the story is cute, it also touches on some sensitive topics that may feel a bit heavy for the otherwise easygoing tone. The balance between fun and serious moments doesn’t always feel quite right, which made parts of the book a bit uneven.

[Danielle · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love that these two episodes cover body image issues with both genders - obviously it's not extremely realistic in that things get wrapped up in one story, but it's a serious issue that's way too often glossed over when it affects kids.

[Ciera Legue · Rating 5 out of 5]

this one had good lessons for everyone not just girls, body positivity and that everyone has times where they want to change something desperately about themselves and need to remember that its normal and not needed to change their appearance

[Nur Wulan Nugrahani · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beruntunglah kalau kamu punya sahabat yang selalu bilang kalau "you're perfect with your appearance". Bukan orang yang berusaha mengubahmu jadi orang lain.

[Stephanie Duerr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lizzie Mcguire will forever be a great roll model for young girls everywhere.

[kory. · Rating 4 out of 5]

#1 when moms attack! ★★★☆☆
#2 totally crushed ★★★☆☆
#3 lizzie goes wild ★★★★☆
#4 the rise and fall of the kate empire ★★★★☆
#5 picture this ★★★★☆
#6 new kid in school ★★★★☆
#7 broken hearts ★★★★★
#8 a very lizzie christmas ★★★☆☆
#9 just like lizzie ★★★★☆
#10 lizzie loves ethan ★★★★☆
#11 on the job ★★★★☆
#12 head over heels ★★★☆☆
#13 best dressed ★★★★☆
#14 mirror, mirror ★★★★☆
#15 freaked out ★★★★☆
#16 lizzie for president ★★★★☆
#17 oh, brother! ★★★★☆
#18 the importance of being gordo ★★★★☆
#19 all over it! ★★★★☆
#20 the ’rents ★★★★☆
#21 high-five ★★★★☆
the lizzie mcguire movie ★★★☆☆
a very lizzie summer ★★★★☆
a totally hottie summer ★★★☆☆

two body image stories, neatly wrapped up by the end of course, but still good. it was pretty endearing how freaked out and concerned gordo was when miranda wasn’t eating and he was spiraling to lizzie about how magazines tell girls they need to be thinner and encouraged lizzie to talk to miranda because he didn’t know what to say. have i mentioned gordo is a gem? and the second story has some sprinkles of lizzie being jealous of gordo and another girl,,,bless.

(novelizations of 2x16 “inner beauty” and 2x26 “a gordo story”)

[Soha]

Mirror, Mirror is about a girl named Lizzie who has a best friend who stops eating. Scared, Lizzie tries to get her to start but is it to late for her friend's personality?

[Varshini Iyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome!