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A review by okiecozyreader
My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich by Ibi Zoboi
reflective
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Zoboi moves to Harlem to live with her father, when her grandfather, who she lived with in Huntsville, is sick in the summer. Her grandfather was one of the first black engineers at NASA and she dreams about going into space and being like him. Being at Harlem is a new culture she has to navigate and find her new place.
“You don’t need to be up in the clouds. There’s a difference between knowin’ and livin’.” Ch 13
“She can’t be one of us. She don’t have no flavor. She’s just a plain old ice cream sandwich - chocolate on the outside, vanilla on the inside. But chocolate and vanilla are flavors… and who wants to be a flavor anyway?” Ch 16
“I don’t wait for anyone to move me into the next adventure. One that doesn’t come out of granddaddy’s stories or even my own imagination. Adventure now is every day. Everything. It’s waking up, eating, talking about nothing, watching nothing and going back to sleep.” Ch 38
“You don’t need to be up in the clouds. There’s a difference between knowin’ and livin’.” Ch 13
“She can’t be one of us. She don’t have no flavor. She’s just a plain old ice cream sandwich - chocolate on the outside, vanilla on the inside. But chocolate and vanilla are flavors… and who wants to be a flavor anyway?” Ch 16
“I don’t wait for anyone to move me into the next adventure. One that doesn’t come out of granddaddy’s stories or even my own imagination. Adventure now is every day. Everything. It’s waking up, eating, talking about nothing, watching nothing and going back to sleep.” Ch 38