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Title: Twists and Turns by Janet McDonald ISBN: 0-374-39955-7 Publisher: Frances Foster Books Pub. Date: 15 August, 2003 Format: Unknown Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Ups and Downs in Growing Up
Comment: Janet McDonald has an excellent ability to capture the voices of young adults. She has written a book that adults can enjoy and young people can relate to. The plot was fast paced and the characters were well developed and the result was a satisfying and enjoyable read.
Reviewed by Stacey Seay
of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers
Complete review can be found on our website...
Rating: 4
Summary: A Fun Story With a Moral That is Not Too Preachy
Comment: Keeba and Teesha Washington know that living in the projects is not easy. But they feel they have nowhere else to go and so they choose to make the best of it.
Twists and Turns begins with the young women having a party to celebrate their graduation from high school and the successes of their closest friends. Shortly after the celebration the girls are confronted with the question of their plans for the future. They don't have an answer.
They consider the routes their closest friends have chosen but believe those paths don't apply to them. A librarian who lives in the projects by choice suggests to the girls that they can use their hair-braiding talent to make a success for themselves without leaving their own community.
At first the girls are reluctant to take the idea seriously because of what it takes to get such a plan off the ground. But when a close friend agrees to provide the financial backing, the girls have no choice but to take the idea serious. And they do.
They discover that a lot of hard work is involved in becoming business owners and they are willing to put forth the effort. But they soon learn that even running a business has its obstacles.
While the girls try to drum up customers, a conflict emerges. The rumor that some of the housing project residents would be moved to make room for "outside people with money" becomes a reality. The residents of the housing project band together and have a march outside the mayor's office. The girls return with the other residents with a great sense of accomplishment only to find their business in shambles.
Once again the girls are faced with the question of what to do next. They consider giving up but are given an unexpected donation that helps them make up their mind and also helps them learn an important lesson.
Rating: 4
Summary: strong inner city character study
Comment: High school is over for the teenage sisters Keeba and Teesha Washington. All their "adjective" friends are moving on from partying to adulthood while the two siblings remain clueless on Brooklyn benches. The duo feels talent-less and slinging burgers seems wrong for a high school graduate.
A friend persuades Keeba and Teesha that they have a talent that is hair braiding. Another friend floats a loan, and the sisters open up TeeKee's Tresses beauty shop. However, the slums of the Hillbrook Houses projects does not lend itself to a thriving business as the two young ladies cope with few customers, an unexpected rent increase and vandalism.
This is a strong inner city character study that uses street slang to provide insight into the life of a new high school grad struggling with the changes of adulthood. The two sisters, the support cast, and Brooklyn are well- written and believable charcaters whose message is to work hard on what one does best. However, though entertaining and teens will appreciate the novel due to the protagonists and their friends, the story line lacks a center so that it feels like electrons without a nucleus. Still high school students will enjoy the adventures of the Washington siblings.
Harriet Klausner
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Title: The First Part Last (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner) by Angela Johnson ISBN: 0689849222 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Chill Wind by Janet McDonald ISBN: 0374399581 Publisher: Frances Foster Books Pub. Date: 22 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Spellbound by Janet McDonald ISBN: 0374371407 Publisher: Frances Foster Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going ISBN: 0399239901 Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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Title: The River Between Us by Richard Peck ISBN: 0803727356 Publisher: Dial Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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