Review: Hi-jinks as two charming girls come of age.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 2, 2013
Good job Julie Krantz!I absolutely loved loved reading about Little Italy in NYC set in the 1960's. I know this is a tween or teen book but it really spreads to a wider audience because it's so culturally relevant.Stella and Pin Pin are the best of friends trying to win scholarships to the Regis Academy in the Catskills (brings us all back to Dirty Dancing) .. The book follows their folly as they get themselves in one sticky jam and are convinced that their moms are going to catch them or they will face certain shame and humiliation.I love how brilliantly Krantz brings us into the minds of 13 year old girls and reminds us that no matter the year 1960, 70, 90 or now .. we all have the same thoughts in our heads and as women we can all remember thinking exactly as they do as we learned to navigate our lives.This is one of those coming of age novels that makes us fondly remember our own foibles as we grew and maybe gives us some more sympathy for those we know coming of age themselves.