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Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
Grade 7 Up-Keeba and Teesha Washington have just graduated from their Brooklyn high school. Their neighbor and friend Skye March, the local librarian, has moved from her middle-class condo into the projects. Her theory is that for inner-city teens to be a successes they need to see success. Hoping to keep the sisters from becoming part of the unemployed "bench generation," she floats the idea of opening a beauty salon. Since the girls are known locally for braiding hair and already have a following, the next natural step is to become businesswomen. Through a series of events, both fortuitous and devastating, the teens learn a number of life lessons, especially that, with the encouragement of family and friends, anything is possible. The prose contains plenty of street dialogue that most teens can readily relate to and the story has both humor and poignancy. The main characters exhibit both strengths and considerable vulnerability. This story shows readers that opportunities are open to everyone, including themselves.
Sharon Morrison, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant, OK
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
*Starred Review* Gr. 7-12. Raucous and tender, harsh and hopeful, McDonald's latest fast-talking story about teen project girls in Brooklyn Heights focuses on the sisters, Keeba and Teesha. They have both finished high school, and avoided the traps of pregnancy, drugs, gangs, and crime. With the support of friends and the community, they start a small neighborhood hair salon. But business is slow, very slow; and, worse, there's a movement afoot to privatize the housing projects and move out the poor residents. As in Chill Wind (2001) and Spellbound (2002), the poetry and wit are in the daily details: the gossip on the benches, the home girls when they feel "premenstrual and mean." The salon is destroyed by vandals from the neighborhood where the sisters live and also by the landlords and politicians. Yet the story is inspiring--not because of a slick resolution or a heavy message, but because McDonald shows how hard things are, even as she tells a story of teens who find the strength in themselves and in those around them to rebuild and carry on. Hazel Rochman
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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Grade 7 Up-Keeba and Teesha Washington have just graduated from their Brooklyn high school. Their neighbor and friend Skye March, the local librarian, has moved from her middle-class condo into the projects. Her theory is that for inner-city teens to be a successes they need to see success. Hoping to keep the sisters from becoming part of the unemployed "bench generation," she floats the idea of opening a beauty salon. Since the girls are known locally for braiding hair and already have a following, the next natural step is to become businesswomen. Through a series of events, both fortuitous and devastating, the teens learn a number of life lessons, especially that, with the encouragement of family and friends, anything is possible. The prose contains plenty of street dialogue that most teens can readily relate to and the story has both humor and poignancy. The main characters exhibit both strengths and considerable vulnerability. This story shows readers that opportunities are open to everyone, including themselves.
Sharon Morrison, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant, OK
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
*Starred Review* Gr. 7-12. Raucous and tender, harsh and hopeful, McDonald's latest fast-talking story about teen project girls in Brooklyn Heights focuses on the sisters, Keeba and Teesha. They have both finished high school, and avoided the traps of pregnancy, drugs, gangs, and crime. With the support of friends and the community, they start a small neighborhood hair salon. But business is slow, very slow; and, worse, there's a movement afoot to privatize the housing projects and move out the poor residents. As in Chill Wind (2001) and Spellbound (2002), the poetry and wit are in the daily details: the gossip on the benches, the home girls when they feel "premenstrual and mean." The salon is destroyed by vandals from the neighborhood where the sisters live and also by the landlords and politicians. Yet the story is inspiring--not because of a slick resolution or a heavy message, but because McDonald shows how hard things are, even as she tells a story of teens who find the strength in themselves and in those around them to rebuild and carry on. Hazel Rochman
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
See all Editorial Reviews
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