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A review by yungokssss
I Wanna Be Your Shoebox by Cristina García
4.0
How many time have reviews started out with, "this is a really good book" or "really nice writing". Yeah, simple words, but they really get the meaning. Any young-adult would be lucky to read this.
Yumi's grandfather Saul has cancer, and is ready to leave this world. But not until he tells his story. Yumi takes on the responsibility of listening to Saul's story every week. But she still has her own problems. Her dad can't publish a song, her mom has a serious boyfriend, she and her mom are moving which means leaving behind the only friend Yumi's ever known. But the worst thing is that her school just shut down her orchestra. Clarinet-playing Yumi takes things into her own hands, determined to make orchestra matter again.
I loved this book because it was entertaining, heart-felt, and showed the path to How-to-Solve-Your-Problems.
Yumi's grandfather Saul has cancer, and is ready to leave this world. But not until he tells his story. Yumi takes on the responsibility of listening to Saul's story every week. But she still has her own problems. Her dad can't publish a song, her mom has a serious boyfriend, she and her mom are moving which means leaving behind the only friend Yumi's ever known. But the worst thing is that her school just shut down her orchestra. Clarinet-playing Yumi takes things into her own hands, determined to make orchestra matter again.
I loved this book because it was entertaining, heart-felt, and showed the path to How-to-Solve-Your-Problems.