Love Me, Love My Broccoli

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Summary: I Love Her and Her Broccoli
Review: I am a 50-something attorney, vegan vegetarian, whose wife (also vegan vegetarian) bought this book for our kids (Guess what - vegetarian). She left it on the diningroom table, and I picked it up and read it. I couldn't put it down.

I love Chloe Mankewicz, and I wish that she had been at my high school when I was there. This book is surprisingly engaging to someone who hasn't been in high school in more than thirty years, and who, by all rights should not be interested in a book like this. Nonetheless, I recommend this to any age group. It is a great story, well-told, and if your heart isn't aching for Chloe at the end, then you probably don't have a heart.

And the book has a message. Several of them. Some which the author may not have intended, in the wake of the Colombine disaster. Being 14, bright and dedicated to a cause can be tough business, and the classic battle between the brains and the jocks can have unexpected outcomes.

I think this book provides a lot of guidance to kids who are there now. If you are young, into animal rights and vegetarianism, this book gives you a lot of positive affirmation.

If you are not, this book may change your way of thinking.

I strongly recommend it.

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Summary: This is the best book i've ever read in my whole life
Review: I love this book and so will you. It's so good i'm going to buy it here. Once you start reading it you can't stop. I even stayed up until 5:00 in the morning just reading it. If I like it you will to

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Summary: Hugs to happy readers!
Review: Thank you for your kind comments about "Love Me, Love My Broccoli." I hope this book makes readers (especially girls) think about how much of themselves--their values and philosophies--they are willing to sacrifice for love. To my young readers, I LOVED writing this book for you.

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Summary: Food for thought; an empowering but realistic ending
Review: The heroine, Chloe, is a dedicated (perhaps overzealous) animal rights activist who falls for Brett, a jock who does not share her values. She finds she is so busy with Brett that she has less and less time for her activism--and then Brett pressures her to give up her animal rights work altogether because he is concerned for her safety.

The dilemma Chloe faces will be familiar to many vegetarian women; indeed, many girls and women period. It is inevitable that relationships change us, but how much change is too much?

Unlike many books of the genre, the book does not have a simplistic happily ever after ending. Chloe's problems, including the tension between Brett and her beliefs, her relationship with her (noncustodial) mother, her faltering friendship with a fellow activist, and her grandmother who suffers from dementia, are not magically solved. What we do get is a realistic, bittersweet ending, with some hope for the future.

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Summary: I loved this book!
Review: This was one of my favorite books! I am a vegetarian, and thisbook helped me keep faith, when my friends would say negative thingsabout me. Everyone should read this book even if you are not avegetarian!

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Summary: Good Story Idea, Unrealistic Characters
Review: While the author had a good story idea, the characters and their behavior seemed very unrealistic to me. I am a vegetarian and I usually love books about kids who help animals,but this book just didn't click for me. It is interesting and fun to read, but it is not a must-read for anyone.