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Lädt ... Fresh Off the Boatvon Melissa de la Cruz
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Fluffy chick lit for teens about an immigrant girl's yearning to fit in with the social scene at her posh private school. It's not a deep story about the immigrant experience but it's one of the few American books for youth featuring Filipino characters. Vicenza and her family have immigrated to the Bay Area from Manila for a new start in life. Vicenza attends a posh private school on scholarship and never feels quite part of the "in" crowd: the family shops at Goodwill and runs an employee cafeteria at Sears. She has rapport and empathy with Isobel, a French student, but Vicenza still longs to catch the eye of popular Claude Caligari and go someplace happening on Friday nights. During an argument with her mother, Vicenza learns that the family moved because her father's company collapsed in an embezzlement scandal and she realizes how hard her parents have worked to start the family anew in America. A fast, fun read; easy to booktalk (I.e., "Do you ever exaggerate the truth online?"), by an author who is a cool person and a library lover. Melissa de la Cruz kindly visited my library (at the time West Covina) to promote her books to my teens. I was surprised at who showed up --- this writer is well-loved! YA chicklit about a new Filipino immigrant on scholarship at an upper-class all-girls private school in San Francisco. The voice is perky and fun (the requisite opening scene of profound embarrassment is especially well-executed), however, I found the deeper tone quite sorrowful. Vicenza is lonely and embattled, and keenly feels the social demotion from the wealthy, high-status position she held in Manila to her current status as a poor and mostly-ignored immigrant in the U.S. Especially poignant are her emails to friends at home in Manila, wherein she details a fantasy life exactly the opposite of what she is experiencing. However, the plot proceeds exactly as the genre mandates it should: Vicenza re-negotiates her relationship with her parents, acquires loyal friends, sorts out the good-and-decent true boyfriend from the popular-but-not-good-for-her decoy boyfriend, and earns herself some respect among her classmates. Oh, and her emails back to Manila begin to reflect her actual life, too. So, in the end, the future comes up rosy within the covers of pink-clad books. Just like it's supposed to. Zeige 5 von 5 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
When her family emigrates from the Philippines to San Francisco, California, fourteen-year-old Vicenza Arambullo struggles to fit in at her exclusive, all-girl private school. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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I definitely enjoyed Fresh Off the Boat, the book was entertaining in that it had twists and turns that kept me wanting to read on. It wasn’t like any other clique teen novel, and it was not predictable. I think I would recommend this book to a friend. ( )