My Life in Pink & Green
Pink & Green Book One
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4.4 • 115 Ratings
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
Twelve-year-old Lucy Desberg is a natural problem-solver. At her family’s struggling pharmacy, she has a line of makeover customers for every school dance and bat mitzvah. But all the makeup tips in the world won’t help save the business. If only she could find a way to make it the center of town again—a place where people want to spend time, like in the old days. Lucy dreams up a solution that could resuscitate the family business and help the environment, too. But will Lucy’s family stop fighting long enough to listen to a seventh-grader?
In a starred review, Kirkus said this novel “successfully delivers an authentic and endearing portrait of the not-quite-teen experience,” and Booklist called it “a warm, uplifting debut.” Readers everywhere have responded to Lucy’s independence and initiative—not to mention her great style.
F&P level: T F&P genre: RF
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Displaying a lively familiarity with the topics of makeup, makeovers and adolescent angst, Greenwald makes a bright debut with this timely story. Prospects look grim for the Old Mill Pharmacy run by 12-year-old Lucy's mother and grandmother. In order to drum up more sales, Lucy decides to offer customers beauty tips and free makeup applications. Although her efforts prove somewhat fruitful, her best idea comes after she joins her school's earth club: what if they add an eco-spa to the pharmacy? Like the recent Teashop Girls, also about an enterprising preteen trying to save a family business, this novel takes an upbeat approach to serious issues money struggles and impending foreclosure underscoring the optimistic message that one individual can make a difference. Ages 10 14.
Customer Reviews
My Life in Okay and Not Bad
I wrote a review of his book before, I don’t know if it’s even up. A summary of my last review: I’ve been rereading books I liked when I was younger and I really like My Life in Pink and Green compared to others. I talked about how Lucy wasn’t such a great character but still better than others and more about the book and plot. After rereading it, I have kinda a more in-depth review in store. First of all, Sunny is great. I swear Sunny had layers! I’m not saying she’s an ogre (who are like onions and have layers; ehhh I explained the joke so it must have been bad) I’m saying that she was one of the best characters I have read in this category (of books for girls younger than thirteen, even if you’re older and you’re reading this, I don’t judge because look at me, I’m fourteen and rereading books I liked from when I was ten or eleven!! I seriously need help). Lucy was how I described her in the last review, she was interesting but not much personality, more like hobbies. See, authors of these kind of books get personality and interests mixed up. A personality like being funny or caring or confident is not the same as loving to give makeovers or rereading books for not your age group and writing super long reviews on them. Lucy has some personality like how she always knows what she wants, and really that’s more than a lot of other characters I’ve read about recently. This book is great for its category, and keeps you invested unlike *cough, cough* Love, Maybe? Which was super boring. I really liked how Lucy and Yamir “SPOILER ALERT” didn’t officially get together at the end, leaving room for more. Overall this book was good and you should read my other review 😋
I love this book #1
This is the best book ever. I read it for my book report.It took me 2 days to read this!It was just so good I can't stop reading. 267 pages in 2 days. That's the fastest I ever read a book. You have to read this NOW. Buy it go on. I would recommend this for book report it's not to long. Or just read it.But right NOW.
My Life in Pink and Green
This book is very good, it shows us that we may be treated like we can't do anything but if you stand up for what you believe in you can do nearly everything. This book also shows that any girl can be and feel confidence and confidence goes a long way