Reviewer:
Allie Z. '12
Flip -Flop
Girl
is about a 4th grader named Lavinia (Vinnie) Matthews. Vinnie
needs a real lifesaver, a real friend, someone who can help
her. Vinnie's father dies, and she must move to her grandmother's
house with her mom and brother. After Vinnie's father dies,
her brother, Mason, stops talking. Vinnie must take care of
Mason and deal with her mother and grandmother who favor Mason
and pay more attention to him. Vinnie and Mason are forced
to go to an old, worn down school called Gertrude B. Spitzer
School. At Gertrude B. Spitzer School, Vinnie falls in love
with her teacher. Vinnie's teacher makes her feel special.
He gives her red hairclips and takes her for a ride in his
red sports car to help find Mason. Vinnie soon finds out that
her teacher is getting married! Vinnie becomes mad and realizes
that her teacher tries to make everyone feel special, but
all along the one special person is not anyone in the class.
Vinnie becomes more desperate for a friend. Yet, there is
one mysterious girl who wears flip-flops to school everyday.
She plays hopscotch with herself at recess and she never talks.
Because of rumors Vinnie does not want to become friends with
the flip-flop girl. Rumor has it that her father murdered
her mother and that she is hiding from the police. Read the
book to find out the truth about the Flip-Flop Girl and to
learn if Mason ever speaks again! How will Vinnie solve her
problems with her mother and grandmother. Will she be able
to move back home!
I highly recommend
this book. It is a quick read, but the story is still great.
You feel a lot of the character's emotions as you read this
book, nothing good ever happens to Vinnie, her life is miserable.
Spring 2005 |
| Reviewer:
Danielle H. '07
The story I read is about a girl named Vinnie Matthews.
She feels that she needs a real life saver. Her father died
and it is really tough trying to take care of her brother
and still be living with her grandmother.
One day she meets the friend
who could be that life saver she needed; the "flipper
girl". Vinnie tries to put the bad rumors about the new
friend’s past behind her. Who is this girl? What will
end up happening? To find out, read this book.
I think this was a good and
moving book, but some parts were just plain boring. The author
just kept blabbing on about nothing.
03/01/00 |
