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A review by erinmp
Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn
3.0
Cyd Charisse likes to think of herself as a badass teenager. A badass teenager whose best friend happens to live in a nursing home, and a boyfriend named Shrimp. Cyd Charisse has been kicked out of her hoity-toity boarding school back East, and now she's returned home to San Francisco. But things aren't going so well on the home front and Cyd's not getting along with anyone--especially her mother. So her mom and dad ship her off to the one place she secretly wants to go: New York to visit her real dad (aka bio-dad).
I really liked this one. It's written well, in the style of a teen, but without the out-of-touch adult feel that more often than not accompanies YA books. Cyd is a character who learns a lot about herself and the world in this one summer, and for once she starts to look forward to the future. A good novel of understanding, acceptance, and forgiveness.
I really liked this one. It's written well, in the style of a teen, but without the out-of-touch adult feel that more often than not accompanies YA books. Cyd is a character who learns a lot about herself and the world in this one summer, and for once she starts to look forward to the future. A good novel of understanding, acceptance, and forgiveness.