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The Teashop Girls (2008)

by Laura Schaefer(Favorite Author)

3.77 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1416967931 (ISBN13: 9781416967934)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books

series

Teashop Girls

review 1: Soon-to-be-fourteen-year-old Annie loves hanging out at her grandmother Louisa's beautiful, old-fashioned tea shop. It's cozy and familiar and makes Annie happy, especially when she remembers how she and her two best friends Genna and Zoe, used to hang out every day sipping tea. They loved the ritual and the history of tea. They were inseparable and called themselves the Teashop girls. Now with high school fast approaching, Gen is busy chasing boys and doing theater and Zoe is obsessed with tennis. Only Annie seems to have time for the shop anymore. Annie is thrilled when she successfully convinces Louisa to hire her, especially since there is a cute sophomore boy helping out with shop inventory. But when the lights go out in the store, Annie realizes that the shop is in t... morerouble. She's determined to save the place she loves, keep Louisa in town and win the admiration of the boy she likes. With the help of Genna and Zoe, Annie embarks on an ambitious plan to save the shop. They have very little time and fear that their archenemy's parents are going to bulldoze the shop in favor of condos. As Genna and Zoe turn more to outside interests, Annie is hurt and confused but still determined to do whatever it takes to save the place she loves most in the world. Annie is very realistic and she deals with her problems in a practical, mature way. Her friends are rather stereotypical though and I would have liked the book better without the friendship subplot. The teashop sounds fantastic and I would love to live there. The real charm of the book lies in the drawings, vintage tea advertisements, anecdotes and recipes. This is a sweet, inspirational story for middle-school girls who may be going through that difficult transition period from childhood to young adulthood.
review 2: A very adorable read, but more middle grade than I was expecting. Annie Green is a cute 8th grader, along with Genna and Zoe make up The Teashop Girls and frequent Annie's grandmother's tea shop in town. But there are troubles in the little tea shop and Annie bravely tries to save it, and a special part of her childhood. This is perfect for a middle grade reader, but even a young adult reader can still get a lot out of this touching story of sisterhood and the value of friendship. The characters are all really great and Annie is someone I would love to have as a little sister. less

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