Helpful Score: 2
This book was a bit slow in places. Her journal entries in each chapter didn't hold the interest of the reader. I believe the author was trying to teach a moral leason but fell way short by writting about a child who believes it is ok to solve your problems through crime depending on your situation in life.
Helpful Score: 1
With unmistakable sympathy, Barbara OConnor tells the story of a young girl struggling to see whats right when everything else seems wrong.
This was a great story about choices - right and wrong. It taught others to not always think of themselves and that no one's life is as good as it may seem on the outside.
Life is getting harder and harder for Georgina. She is living in a car with her mama and brother and finding out what it means to be an outcast. Then she meets a cute dog and decides she can play a dirty trick on this new friend - hold him for ransom. That's when everything really gets difficult.
This is going to be a classic. Georgina and her Greek Tragedy problem will appeal to children and parents - and make the reader (if not already having to live in a car) squirm and question their own position in life.
This is going to be a classic. Georgina and her Greek Tragedy problem will appeal to children and parents - and make the reader (if not already having to live in a car) squirm and question their own position in life.
Wonderful book, sad story, but powerful lessons and lovable characters.
