Monday, February 10, 2014

ASK MY MOOD RING HOW I FEEL, by Diana Lopez

The story: Chia just got some terrible news: her mother has cancer, and now everything she had planned for her 8th grade year doesn’t seem that important anymore. She makes a promesa (a kind of deal with God)and now she has to find 500 people to sponsor her in the Race for the Cure. She doesn't want to talk about it to her friends…but it turns out she’s going to need her friends more than ever before this is all over!

June Cleaver’s ratings: Language PG; Nudity PG; Sexual Content G; Violence G; Substance Abuse G; Magic & the Occult G; GLBT Content G; Adult Themes PG (cancer and the possibility of death); overall rating PG.

Liz's comments: Lopez paints a believable picture of an 8th-grade girl trying to deal not only with her mother's breast cancer, but also with drama between friends, crushing on all the top-tier cuties at school, and being totally oblivious to the one boy who really likes her, just because he's been around since first grade. Since this is a book about the effects of breast cancer on a family and on the relationship between a mother and daughter and sisters, there's a lot of talk of breasts, boobs, nubs, nipples, and all the other accouterments of the female anatomy. Pretty much for girls only!
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