I can see why kids love this. The trifecta of friendship, family, & boy issues (all relatively mild and neatly resolved), plus beauty tips, feel-good environmentalism without a hint of sacrifice, and a girl entrepreneur who saves the day! What's not to love? The adults are two-dimensional... but then, everyone sort of is. The dialog is often clunky. The resolution is way too easy. And there's no depth at all, no symbolism or richness to the language. I'll happily recommend this to my reluctant reader girls; it's light and clean and they enjoy it. But I've decided it's too weak to add to my summer reading list. ( )

One girl, one dream. In My Life in Pink and Green By Lisa GreenWald, Lucy Desberg a seventh grader from Connecticut dreams of being a makeup artist. Though, when her family pharmacy isn't doing so well, she might have to put her makeup dream aside and focus on saving the pharmacy. Lucy does everything she can to save the pharmacy, but is it enough? Her confidence in what she does takes her far, but when her mom and her grandma have no faith in her, she begins to doubt herself. Lucy uses her makeup skills to bring in some extra money to help the pharmacy, but when she finds a $25,000 grant, she knows that that's how she can salvage the pharmacy.
This fiction story was a bit predictable, by reading the first few chapters, you would already know what would happen. I would recommend this book to middle school students because it is childish yet to challenging for an elementary student. The author developed the characters nicely but the plot did not have very strong points. Although the story was enjoyable, it had aspects that were poor and not well written. ( )

Best book on earth ( this is my all time fav book ( )

They don't make seventh graders like Lucy anymore...take it from me I work at a middle school. Lucy is this very smart, very outgoing girl who grew up in the family pharmacy. However the family business isn't doing so well and she wants to help out.

But in a world where adults still do not take kids seriously what is a girl to do.

Makeup, or that is Lucy's first answer, she loves the stuff and she loves doing others people makeup as well. Lucy is a very likeable character, and we get to go through everyday girl stuff, like realizing her first crush, and helping out her best friend. She wants to become the next famous makeup artist and in doing so make the world a better more beautiful place.

But going back to my first sentence, I wish they made seventh graders like Lucy, and they probably do, because we sure need more of them around. ( )

fun chic lit for the younger set, fast paced, great voice ( )