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Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
Grade 7-10–Sixteen-year-old Florrie turns political activist when she takes notice of the changing landscape of her beloved San Antonio hometown. Upset by the loss of small independent businesses to money-hungry corporations, she first begins her grassroots campaign with her family, who own their restaurant, encouraging them to support other local businesses and to avoid the chain stores. Supported by her family and a few close friends, she organizes rallies and calls for her fellow residents to refuse to patronize all franchises for the last 16 weeks of the year. The boycott begins strong with support from local businesses, but eventually wanes at what seems like an impossible task. However, Florrie never gives up her fight to preserve the past and encourage independent retail. The plot offers a good look at the life of a high school activist and all the work involved in fighting for something one believes in. Unfortunately, the story does not engage readers. Nye's poetic language is beautiful and rich and certainly creates a strong sense of place, but Florrie and the secondary characters never fully come to life and lack the multidimensionality necessary to evoke empathy. As a result, the novel comes off as more purposeful than compelling.–Leigh Ann Morlock, formerly at Vernonia School District, OR
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Booklist
Gr. 7-10. As in Levine's Catch a Tiger by the Toe [BKL Mr 15 05], politics is at the center of this lively story, but here the activist is a contemporary teen. Florrie is outraged because big franchises are destroying her beloved San Antonio's historic neighborhoods, wiping out small family businesses, and bringing generic giants to the diverse community, where she helps out in her Lebanese Mexican mom's restaurant. Florrie organizes protest rallies and boycotts of Wal-Mart, the Gap, and other big businesses, with people carrying banners that say, "McDonald's is a fungus on the landscape." When Florrie falls for the slick son of a corporate manager, romance enters the picture, but the real passion here is in the issues. Why pretend our ancestors had it so good? Florrie's brother challenges her, as Mom pleads to preserve not the buildings but the family's peace of mind. Nye brings close the sorrow of historic landmarks obliterated in one's hometown, and teen conservationists everywhere will recognize the arguments. Hazel Rochman
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
See all Editorial Reviews
Grade 7-10–Sixteen-year-old Florrie turns political activist when she takes notice of the changing landscape of her beloved San Antonio hometown. Upset by the loss of small independent businesses to money-hungry corporations, she first begins her grassroots campaign with her family, who own their restaurant, encouraging them to support other local businesses and to avoid the chain stores. Supported by her family and a few close friends, she organizes rallies and calls for her fellow residents to refuse to patronize all franchises for the last 16 weeks of the year. The boycott begins strong with support from local businesses, but eventually wanes at what seems like an impossible task. However, Florrie never gives up her fight to preserve the past and encourage independent retail. The plot offers a good look at the life of a high school activist and all the work involved in fighting for something one believes in. Unfortunately, the story does not engage readers. Nye's poetic language is beautiful and rich and certainly creates a strong sense of place, but Florrie and the secondary characters never fully come to life and lack the multidimensionality necessary to evoke empathy. As a result, the novel comes off as more purposeful than compelling.–Leigh Ann Morlock, formerly at Vernonia School District, OR
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Booklist
Gr. 7-10. As in Levine's Catch a Tiger by the Toe [BKL Mr 15 05], politics is at the center of this lively story, but here the activist is a contemporary teen. Florrie is outraged because big franchises are destroying her beloved San Antonio's historic neighborhoods, wiping out small family businesses, and bringing generic giants to the diverse community, where she helps out in her Lebanese Mexican mom's restaurant. Florrie organizes protest rallies and boycotts of Wal-Mart, the Gap, and other big businesses, with people carrying banners that say, "McDonald's is a fungus on the landscape." When Florrie falls for the slick son of a corporate manager, romance enters the picture, but the real passion here is in the issues. Why pretend our ancestors had it so good? Florrie's brother challenges her, as Mom pleads to preserve not the buildings but the family's peace of mind. Nye brings close the sorrow of historic landmarks obliterated in one's hometown, and teen conservationists everywhere will recognize the arguments. Hazel Rochman
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
See all Editorial Reviews
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