Ribbons

Rating:
Summary: Good book, slow start
Review: i love Laurence Yep's books, and this one is no exception. I like how he is able to write about Chinese people without using any stereotypes at all. In this book, the main character has problems with her grandmother. She eventually solves them, but along the way discovers amny things about her heritage. This book is good for people who are interested in other cultures and for Chinese-Americans.

Rating:
Summary: A page-turner
Review: I was intrigued most by Ribbons through the main character, Robin. Because I grew up in a home where I had two brothers who always got their way, it was easy for me to relate to the injustice that surrounds Robin's life. Robin is a very gifted young adult who cherishes ballet as her one means of expression. When it is taken away from her she is not able to understand why, or understand the implications her continuing may have. Robin's grandmother, who knows first-hand what it is like to injure one's feet understands firmly that Robin must stop her ballet; however, she doesn't understand the passion that Robin has for her art and the division between the two is clear. I recommend this book for any young adult who is facing cultural challenges or the challenges and injustices that go along with having siblings and growing up. Anyone can relate, and most can empathize.

Rating:
Summary: very good
Review: ribbons- a book that on the surface seems simple. a gifted young dancer, robin, must stop dancing because of money problems, which are caused by her grandmother. some people may say this is a grandmother-grandaughter story but it isn't at all. it is another way to show injustice and tragedy. this book made me cry from the unfairness of it all, and the amazing thing about this book is this: whereas most sad books are entirely realistic, this one could happen very easily. the reality of it, and the robin's brave, bright, innocent hope in the midst of true sadness is what makes you cry. for while she is deeply upset with her mother and grandmother for reasons very justified, she sill loves, respects, and obeys them. this might confuse some readers, or make them angry, but for me...while i thought that i would never put up with that, yep somehow managed to put all the pain and suffering into words, and thats what makes you cry- the emotion that comes through. you must read this...while it is a tear-jerker, it somehow leaves you with a good feeling, and a sense o resolve.

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Summary: flying ribbons
Review: Ribbons

Characters: robin paw paw Ian
Robin is a wonderful dancer and she isn't afraid to show it. Her dance instructor shows the whole class what they should dance like using robin as an example. Robin has just been moved up to the senior class where they where the point shoes with the ribbons that swirl around their ankles. She is so excited she can't imagine what life would be like without dance until she has to. She has found out that her parents have gone bankrupt so she can't pay for dance. When her grandmother came over, it got worse. Her grand mother told her she couldn't practice dance, because of what it did to her feet. Robin thinks all is lost until she finds out her grandmothers secret!
I think this book is funny and exciting. This book could be recommended to everybody, but mostly for dancers because they would know what it would be like to have dance taken away. I give this book 5/5 stars because I think that it was very exciting.

Rating:
Summary: Good book, slow start
Review: This book was very good, but it got off to a slow start. But once I passed that, I couldn't put this book down. A touching story about a gifted dancer (Robin) who has to give up ballet lessons so her grandmother can be brought over from Hong Kong. But Paw-Paw (Chinese for grandma, what she is called the whole thime in the book) is less than grandmotherly to Robin. What Robin has yet to discover, though, is that she and her grandmother are just begining to understand each other.