Confetti Girl

Lina Flores, sock enthusiast, budding scientist, and volleyball player, is dealing with family, crushes, and surviving middle school. Her mother died two years ago and her father retreats into his books, preferring to ignore the outside world. How can Lina get his attention while dealing with

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everything else?

This is Latina Judy Blume (and that's definitely a compliment coming from me!). Hooray for a book with a Latina protagonist where race is not an Issue! Highly recommended.

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A Tex Mex-flavored middle school story. Every chapter begins with the dichos, or proverbs, of Lina Flores' recently deceased mother. Lina and her father move toward healing in this lively and well-observed tale.

The first thing I noticed as did several of my students was the cover. I have a seventh grade student who wears socks similar to the ones on the cover. She keeps the pant legs rolled up so everyone can view her unusual socks each day. Lina could be one of my students. I have a young girl whose

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father is fluent in English and expects so much from her. She struggles with the English and gets frustrated. It is as if her father just doesn’t get it. Lina sees her father as hiding in the books he reads as an escape from the pain and grief of losing his wife. This is a crucial time in Lina’s life. A time when life changes, friendships change and a girl needs to know how to deal with these changes. I can think of at least five girls I will recommend this book to. It is very important to me to put books in their hands with characters they can identify with.

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I loved this book so much i really felt like i could relate to her.

Lina Flores loves sports and science, has an obsession with socks, and might have a crush on classmate Luis. Lina, with the help of her friend Vanessa, is trying to survive the drama of middle school, as well as help her father cope with the recent loss of her mother.

RGG: Middle grade "soft" realistic fiction. Emotional, but not overly intense. Best friend problems, first boyfriend. A deceased mother adds a little sadness. Reading Level: 10-12.

RGG: Middle grade "soft" realistic fiction. Emotional, but not overly intense. Best friend problems, first boyfriend. A deceased mother adds a little sadness. Reading Level: 10-12.

RGG: Middle grade "soft" realistic fiction. Emotional, but not overly intense. Best friend problems, first boyfriend. A deceased mother adds a little sadness. Reading Level: 10-12.

RGG: Middle grade "soft" realistic fiction. Emotional, but not overly intense. Best friend problems, first boyfriend. A deceased mother adds a little sadness. Reading Level: 10-12.

RGG: Middle grade "soft" realistic fiction. Emotional, but not overly intense. Best friend problems, first boyfriend. A deceased mother adds a little sadness. Reading Level: 10-12.

Confetti girl is a book about a middle schooler named Lina. Lina has a deceased mom and she likes to collect books. Her dad read a lot to get over his sadness. Lina and her best friend Vanesa like some boys. Vanesa end up dating someone and Vanesa's single father then gets a girlfriend. Vanessa's

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mother is still single and has an obsession with casconrones. At the end Lina and her crush become good friend and linas dad come out of reading and meets new people.
I though confetti girl was a great book. It was really cute and interesting. It had some parts that were a little slow. but then it totally redeemed itself by adding spunk in the next sentence. this book was a four and a half stars. it was good but there were those moments.

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Confetti Girl is a good, solid middle grade novel, mostly dealing with common middle grade issues. It is well written and comes to a nice conclusion, with some lessons learned, but it never reaches much depth. I appreciated the all Latino cast of characters - a rarity.

Lina lives with her father in

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Corpus Christi, Texas. Her mother died a year and a half before the book begins. Vanessa is her best friend, who lives across the street with her mother - recently divorced. Lina's father is lonely and distant, giving more attention to his beloved books than to his daughter. Vanessa's mother is lonely and angry, blaming all males for her husband's leaving her. Lina and Vanessa are coping with the death and loss-by-divorce of one parent, the issues of the other, while also dealing with first loves, and for Lina, failing grades in her English class.

It's a lot to cover in a 200 page book, which is why it's covered simply. A good light read for the YA audience.

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