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Sister Mischief (2011)

by Laura Goode(Favorite Author)

3.63 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0763646407 (ISBN13: 9780763646400)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Candlewick Press

review 1: four smart, kinda-nerdy teens in a wealthy christian suburb of minneapolis become rappers. this premise could have gone REALLY wrong, but it's actually great--a page-turning, laugh-out-loud kind of way. i love the snarkiness and bad behavior and bad language of the characters, because it's how teens really talk. i wish i knew these ladies. i love that they have a talk within the first fifty pages about whether or not it's okay for them to be rapping as mostly-white suburban teens. their conversation is smart, not kneejerk reactionary and they don't all agree in a neat little bow. i thought it was weird how the one nonwhite girl is sometimes "bengali" and sometimes "indian". seems like the author did her research on a lot of other things, why does she think that these are t... morehe same country?! but i was still mostly charmed by this book. these characters have great taste in music.
review 2: Meh. I picked up this book because of the GLBT characters and also because of the Minnesota connection, but then I realized I had read it - and not enjoyed it - before. A group of suburban white girls form a hip-hop group and try to bring that music style back into their school, where it has been banned. I'm not very interested in music-themed books as it is, and the characters in this book just sound pretentious, so they got on my nerves fairly quickly. Performing their hip-hop on the light rail was supposed to be the equivalent of performing in a subway, but these kids live in Minnesota, a state not known for large populations or excellent mass transit. I had to put this one down without finishing it. less

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