Money Hungry

Rating:
Summary: FROM A SHARON FLAKE READER
Review: I THOUGHT THAT THE BOOK MONEY HUNGRY WAS EXCELLENT ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS TO READ IF THEY ARE OR THEIR FAMILY IS STRUGGLING WITH MONEY PROBLEMS .

SO I WOULD DEFIENTELY(SP?) GIVE THIS BOOK TEN STAR AS THE BEST BUT U CAN ONLY GIVE UP TP 5 SO I GIVE IT A FIVE!!

Rating:
Summary: Truly Amazing!!!
Review: I loved Money Hungry because Sharon Flake really captures the way life is. This book isn't a fantasy, it's life for some people. This book really made me appreciate what I have. Since I'm 10 years old I know what it's like to have money. You don't have to borrow your mom's money to buy things. I felt that this is what Rasberry (the main character) liked. She also seemed to like being able to have the feeling that she wouldn't ever have to live on the streets or be hungry, again. I would definatly(SP?)reccomend this book to everyone. I also read the sequel to this book: Begging for Change.

Rating:
Summary: FROM A SHARON FLAKE READER
Review: I THOUGHT THAT THE BOOK MONEY HUNGRY WAS EXCELLENT ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS TO READ IF THEY ARE OR THEIR FAMILY IS STRUGGLING WITH MONEY PROBLEMS .

SO I WOULD DEFIENTELY(SP?) GIVE THIS BOOK TEN STAR AS THE BEST BUT U CAN ONLY GIVE UP TP 5 SO I GIVE IT A FIVE!!

Rating:
Summary: A masterpiece!
Review: Money Hungry is a very good book for teens to read when they love stories that involve real life and real things. I love this book because I can realate to it, and I can picture myself being Raspberry Hill (the main character). Raspberry seems like she will really go places, like all of us want to. This is a great book by Sharon Flake. I recommend it very highly.

Rating:
Summary: Money Hungry Review
Review: Money Hungry, a winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, is an inspirational book that gives you a good look at the people from the other side of the tracks. Raspberry Hill is a teenage girl who has seen more hard times in 13 years than other people have in their lives; her dad became addicted to all kinds of drugs, she was forced to live on the streets with her mother, and now is pushed to the projects. Positive and determined that she will never be forced to become homeless again, Raspberry has become addicted to money. She'll do anything to earn a dollar; sell rotten candy, work at her friend Odd Jobs car wash, or even convince her friends to help clean a disgustingly dirty retirement house.
When other project thugs break into Raspberry's apartment and steal all her money and some other chattel, it looks like its back to the streets when Raspberry's mother takes her away in the night. The first night from home they spend in the Section 8 house Raspberry's mom was trying to get, but then there's nowhere else to go. Then Odd Job offers one of his apartments to them which helps Raspberry and her mother get back on their feet.
Money Hungry is an inspirational book that gives the message that no matter how hard your situation is there's a way out, a way to make it better. It's a very exciting and interesting book that makes you look at your life and the life of Raspberry, and you just think how much better your life is, and how much of it you take for granted. This book should be highly recommended because it's a wonderfully written book with exciting details and a great plot. The characters personalities and conflicts just grab your attention so that you don't want to put the book down; you need to know how the problem is going to be solved.


Rating:
Summary: Another Winner by Sharon Flake
Review: Sharon Flake has successfully written another inspiring book dealing with inner-city youth. Money Hungry was another breath taking story about the problems that inner-city youth face today. Just as she did in The Skin I'm In, Sharon created characters so true to life that the reader feels so in touch with each character. In Money Hungry,Raspberry is so worried about living on the streets again, she is obsessed with having a security fund so that she and her Mother never have to face that horrific ordeal again. I already miss Raspberry and her friends. Finally, an author that grabs and holds the attention of my students who are so reluctant to read. With her books, my students do not want to stop reading, this being a major accomplishment. Don't expect to be able to put this one down. Thanks Sharon Flake for giving my students stories they can relate to. We are waiting for many more.