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Editorial Review:
From a well-known actress and math genius—a groundbreaking guide to mathematics for middle school girls, their parents, and educators
As the math education crisis in this country continues to make headlines, research continues to prove that it is in middle school when math scores begin to drop—especially for girls—in large part due to the relentless social conditioning that tells girls they “can’t do” math, and that math is “uncool.” Young girls today need strong female role models to embrace the idea that it’s okay to be smart—in fact, it’s sexy to be smart!
It’s Danica McKellar’s mission to be this role model, and demonstrate on a large scale that math doesn’t suck. In this fun and accessible guide, McKellar—dubbed a “math superstar” by The New York Times—gives girls and their parents the tools they need to master the math concepts that confuse middle-schoolers most, including fractions, percentages, pre-algebra, and more. The book features hip, real-world examples, step-by-step instruction, and engaging stories of Danica’s own childhood struggles in math (and stardom). In addition, borrowing from the style of today’s teen magazines, it even includes a Math Horoscope section, Math Personality Quizzes, and Real-Life Testimonials—ultimately revealing why math is easier and cooler than readers think.
Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle-School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail Reviews:
Hey . . . Math IS fun!! 
2009-11-03 - I was a Film major/English minor who spent the first 35 years of her life avoiding any and all mathematical functions. In recent years, I became the accountant-by-default at the small visual effects company. It was my love of Excel (which feels like a video game to me) not my understanding of math that made the career shift possible.
When I encountered Danica's book, I realized this was my chance to "go back in time" and redevelop my relationship with numbers. In the last couple of days, I've gotten through more than half of this book. It's like a collection of puzzles with fun to read narratives leading the way. I love a good puzzle!
I'm looking forward to continuing with this series . . . It's never too late to cultivate confidence; thanks, Danica!
Math Doesn't Suck.... 
2009-10-25 - I am 67 and for the first time in my "math life" I understand prime numbers and how to easily determine them! That alone is worth the price of the book and I look forward to learning more.
AND I am a man!
This book in cutely titled, but does it seem a bit sexist in today's PC culture? Tee Hee.
Boys will love this book. Infinitely...primarily...
Bill Doughty
Math Doesn't Suck
2009-10-14 - It is amazing! I told my 6th grade math students about it the day after I started reading it and one of my girls went and bought the book. She loves it. Her grades have increased...and since it's really geared towards girls, when I explain some skills in the classroom, I adjust so boys can relate too! Fabulous book! Great read! Cute! Funny! Excellent way to connect the skills to every day life!!!!
The Greatest Book Around
2009-08-17 - This book is the greatest math book around, the pages arent that wide or large either like with most math books, she gives you alot of tips and tricks to help you get to the point, it actually becomes almost fun, ok for some parts FUN. This is exactly what the world needs math taught by an intelligent young person who can cater and understand how to write in a simple way and use down to earth examples to get the point across. The few negative reviews on this book are totally ridiculous and they may work for competing book titles or maybe just are a bit jealous, yup there are sickos out there. I had ordered a few math books and when they came in I looked them over for 2 minutes put them on the shelf and about a week later out of frustration threw them ALL in the garbage, this book is amazing. Thank you Danica, you saved my life. PS. I'm not a young girl and you dont have to be either to understand this book its for anyone. I hope she continues on with this series and moves up to higher levels of math, I assume with the sales of these books going as they are she and the publisher will.
An immersion into the concepts of Math not to be missed.
2009-08-09 - This book surprised me beyond all expectations. And I am not a middle-school teen. I wish that I had had
access to this book way back when. I found mathematics wonderfully pleasurable although I was never very quick off the blocks and at the core was more of right brain design than the math of my day cared to encourage. Simple concepts like the Lowest Common Multiple or the Greatest Common Factor were offer buried in so much left brained logical wrappings as to discourage those of us who held to math like a warm teddy bear.
Right from the get go McKellar tackles these concepts invoking new boyfriends that look like old boyfriends cast aside and the notion that there can never be too many shoes. Being a very old person, I was more than delighted to at long last have an idea like a LCM become the lively tangible thing with all the resonating effects I had
hope to discover.
I may never be swift at math, but I will always derive comfort and solace from the voyages taken.
Recommended for all kids and old guys who were ever told that they were not smart enough to really understand.
