Confetti Girl

The book I read was titled “Confetti Girl”, written by Diana Lopez. Other writings of hers include “Ask my mood ring how I feel” and “TheArvon Book of Literary Non-Fiction. I have not read other books written by her so I am not able to compare them. The story is about Apolina “ Lina” Flores a young girl who is currently going through a personal tragedy with the loss of her mother. Not only that, but her father has barely anything to say anymore and is constantly hiding behind his books. There is one person Lina can confide in, her best friend Vanessa who has troubles of her own.

Lina has begun to give up. School is no longer her priority, until one of her teachers removes her from doing sports until she catches up in school. As if this was any worse she is starting to develop a crush on a boy named Luis, who has a lisp. People make fun of Lina for liking him, but she doesn’t care. Lina also must support her best friend Vanessa at this time, recently her parents have gotten a divorce and Vanessa`s mom is constantly going on about how all boys are bad. So when Vanessa starts hanging around a boy named Carlos this just makes matters worse. She decides to hide Carlos from her mom. Lina and Vanessa experience conflict when Vanessa goes to her fathers for the holidays and promises to get together with Lina during that time. When Vanessa doesn’t follow through and instead hangs out with Carlos it causes friction between the two. More than that Vanessa and her Mom have started to go at it and Lina wants her Dad to come out of his “Rabbit Hole”.

Personally I felt Confetti Girl was an okay book. It was a good inspirational read, a family dealing with a tragedy, a boy trying to get over his lisp, and a girl trying to get over her parent`s divorce. I recommend this book if you enjoy reading about people getting over the hurdles of life. If you enjoy Spanish this book also includes a selection of “dichos”, which are little phrases written in Spanish. It also contains a bit of Spanish culture since both Lina and Vanessa`s family are of Spanish heritage. The books overall message is that we need to be thankful for what we have and I think the end of the book was a strong writing finish. Confetti Girl is a book I would recommend to you if you enjoy reading any of these things. 

Book Review by Liz Z.