Serros, Michele. Honey blonde chica.SERROS, Michele. Honey blonde chica. Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller. . 279p. c2006. 1-4169-1591-5. $14.95. S This book is written for the ever-growing Latina high school audience, though it may be far from the dally reality of many of its projected readers. Fifteen-year-old Evie Gomez is American-born, speaks little Spanish, lives in an affluent gated community gat·ed community n. A subdivision or neighborhood, often surrounded by a barrier, to which entry is restricted to residents and their guests. , and attends a private school, and her biggest problems are coping with parental restrictions and the big mouth of her best friend. She identifies with a group calling themselves "Flojos"; that is, girls who see themselves as laid-back surfer chicks (although none of them seem to actually surf). Their blood enemies in the school are a group of "sangros," rich girls from Mexico City Mexico City Spanish Ciudad de México City (pop., 2000: city, 8,605,239; 2003 metro. area est., 18,660,000), capital of Mexico. Located at an elevation of 7,350 ft (2,240 m), it is officially coterminous with the Federal District, which occupies 571 sq mi who dress in high school high fashion and get their hair streaked blonde at expensive beauty salons. Evie's life becomes complicated when her former best friend returns from Mexico, now sophisticated and identifying with the Sangros. Evie's efforts to re-befriend new girl Dee Dee anger her current best friend Raquel, and Evie takes on characteristics of the Sangros as they draw her into their circle. The plot rambles and characters often behave in ways not clearly motivated mo·ti·vate tr.v. mo·ti·vat·ed, mo·ti·vat·ing, mo·ti·vates To provide with an incentive; move to action; impel. mo , yet all turns out well in the end. The author is touted as one of Newsweek's Women to Watch, and someone who knows the Latino surfer scene inside and out. Novel writing, however, is not her forte An application development system for enterprise client/server environments from Sun. It was folded into the Sun Studio compiler and tool suite, which is based on the open source Netbeans IDE. , although the book may appeal to girls who want to live the dream for a few hours. Myrna Marler, Assoc. Prof. of English, BYU BYU Brigham Young University BYU Bayou BYU Bob's Your Uncle BYU Bayreuth, Germany - Bindlacher Berg (Airport Code) BYU Beyond Your Understanding , Provo, UT S--Recommended for senior high school students. |
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