A review by erine
Bindi Babes by Narinder Dhami

3.0

The three Dhillon sisters are a bit fluffy, but exactly the kind of girls I would have wanted to read about in upper elementary and middle school. These three sisters get on each others' nerves, but always have each others' backs when something goes wrong. Their mother passed away last year, and now, just when things are settling down again, their Auntie comes from India to care for them and their Dad. These sisters have problems that make your heart ache - not the fact that Amber doesn't get new trainers, but their mom is gone and they are trying to pick up the pieces. And in the end the three sisters come to understand their Auntie better and they all grow a little. I've mentioned before how much that theme - of learning from others and understanding someone else - is important to me.
I think this would be a very appealing story for kids who have lost a parent, for kids who have ever experienced some kind of culture shock (like when your Auntie from another country with very different ideas of what's appropriate comes to care for you), or who are looking for good characters to empathize with. Because as shallow and silly as these sisters are, they are likeable and make you care about them.
Nothing obviously objectionable.