Confetti Girl

Confetti Girl, by Diana Lopez
(Grades 4 - 7)

I often judge a book by its cover. I picked this book up because it has my favorite pair of socks on the cover. I don't wear them anymore because they have holes in both toes, but I just can't get rid of them either. Confetti Girl star Lina would understand this. She is a sock fanatic. She has socks for every occasion and mood, and as a middle-school girl Lina has many moods. To make matters more complicated than being a middle-school girl, she's recently lost her mother and just can't connect to her father, a book-obsessed English teacher who doesn't understand her love of Science. Her best friend Vanessa is ditching her for a boy, and she really, really likes Luis, but how does he feel about her?

This charming coming-of-age story celebrates the similarities and differences in us all with honesty and humor.

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Reviewed by Korie B., Children's Services staff