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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Daisy's growing-up story, March 25, 2003
Daisy is the second of four flower-named sisters (they say every author is allowed one gimmick, so I guess Diane Schwemm can get away with this one. Plus, it's not like their names are Chrysanthemum or anything). Two years younger than the oldest sister Rose, Daisy has always been the cheerful, dependable one in her family. She's always been the one to help her little sisters, cut off fights, set the table, mow the lawn, be happy. But when she turns 16 and injures her knee, she finds it hard to continue being the perfet daughter, especially to her mother's new boyfriend Hal.Initially it took me a while to warm up to Daisy's story; Laurel was always my favorite sister. But it's easy to understand Daisy's frustration and anger at Hal, especially since she was always closest to their father, who died in a boating accident when she was 13. That's another thing I like about Schwemm; in the first book, Rose's, we've seen the way Daisy is protective of her father's memory. The four books really blend nicely. Peter is interesting, mainly because he's unique and it's easy to see how Daisy would be attracted to that - especially if she's trying to annoy her mother. He's also very different from the usual standard of perfection that Daisy is. Also, she doesn't just rebel for the sake of rebelling. She knows that some of the things Peter does, like stealing and breaking windows with beer bottles, is wrong. It's really good to watch her finding it within herself to do what's right. Like the other three books, Daisy's story ends hopefully - she manages some sort of a decent conversation with Hal, tries to build a relationship with her mother, and starts playing sports again. They say a good book should see the main character change from beginning to end, and Daisy does. She sort of changes back - from perfect to alterna-goth back to perfect again - and yet she's not really perfect. Rather, she's gotten a good idea of why she wants to be the happy, cheerful, busy person she once was. And she's choosing that, rather than just going along with it.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
I recommend this book to everyone, May 17, 2000
By A Customer
I read this book for a book report. I thought it was extremely straight forward the way Diane,the author,described everything. It had very emotional sentences. It seemed so real the way Daisy changed for Peter. I recommend that everyone reads all four of the books including Rose, Daisy, Laurel, and Lily.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Daisy Claire Walker, April 28, 2007
This is the second book of a 4-book series. There are 4 sisters, and there is a book for each sister for the year they turned 16. Each book is written in first-person by that particular sister. The sisters, in order from oldest to youngest, are: Rose, Daisy, Laurel, and Lily.
This book is about the second sister, Daisy Claire Walker. Daisy's talents and interests are sports. She plays soccer, basketball, and baseball.
Daisy has always been the dependable sister. The sister who helps everybody else and is literally the glue that holds the family together. Unfortunately, Daisy has a sporting accident and hurts her knee; therefore, she is out of sports for a while. She also gets an unreputable boyfriend, and she goes through a bad, rebellious stage. She even gets sassy with her loving mother. But her devine mother never judges her and never degrades her and never tells her she is not allowed to date the guy - her mother continues to love her unconditionally. Will she ever break up with the boyfriend, and will the nice Daisy ever come back? And will she ever play sports again?
The 4 sisters have a wonderful relationship with each other. Their mother Maggie is the best and most wonderful mother in the world. She deeply and truly loves her daughters unconditionally. The whole family loves and appreciates each other.
This book is not just about a girl turning 16. It is about family. The important bonds of family love, linking the past, present, and future. If you don't get anything else out of this book, the book will have been worth reading just for that.
You don't have to necessarily read each book, but I would definitely recommend that you do. You will enjoy the books a lot more if you read them all, and read them in order. More of the events and characters will be familiar and will be more meaningful if you've read the previous books.
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