Books 52 and 53My Life in Pink & Green and My Summer in Pink & Green by Lisa Greenwald
My daughter is not a big reader. She likes to read, but gets frustrated because her brother and I read really fast. She started the Harry Potter series and got through book 1, and is currently reading the Hunger Games series, and is on Catching Fire. Due to the fact that she thinks she reads slow she has tended to get books from the library that are very thin, and at this point really not on her reading level, which is high, despite her idea that she reads slowly. Phil helped her pick these two books out at the library, but knowing nothing about them I figured I better read them first. (of course the fact that it took me 3 days to do so, probably annoyed her!)
The books center around a 12 year old named Lucy. Her world is getting turned upside down as she discovers her family might not only have to move, but also may lose their pharmacy. On top of it her best friend Sunny has fallen in love for the first time and needs Lucy's help to make things work out. Lucy is beginning to feel like everyone needs her help. In My Life in Pink & Green, she feels she's discovered the answer to the pharmacy's problem and with the help of her sister applies for a grant that will help save her world. In Book 2 you discover if the grant worked, and what is next for the pharmacy and this group of friends that are learning how to deal with the new concept of boyfriends as they are growing older.. Will Lucy really be able to fix every one's problems? Will she learn how to fix her own? Both questions will get answered, if you just take the time to read the stories.
Good preteen/early teen story lines.
I give both of these books 4.5 stars.
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