Timeisha

 This book is about a little girl named Rasberry. She is 13 years old and has been homeless. So she all ways collects money now so that she dont have to be homeless again.I choose this picture because Rasberry collected over $300 worth of money and the whole story revolves around money. media type="youtube" key="Ju8Hr50Ckwk" width="425" height="350"I choose this video because at the end of the book she realizes that money doesn't make the world go round and all she wanted was to be with her friends and family. i choose this picture because Rasberry and her mother use to be homless and they were counting on people for hand-outs to live before they got back on their feet. I choose this quote because thats what her mother told her when she began to let the money go to her head and she was starting to be mean and nasty to everybody. i choose this quote because that was what started to make Rasberry want money more than she ever has because she aint want to be back on the streets so she wanted the money to get off of them. I choose this quote because that is what Dr.mitchell said to rasberry that made her realize that money wasn't as important as she made it out to be she realized that all she wanted was her friends and family i picked this quote because this showed that after all this time sato her crush from afar finally liked her back that is why i picked this video. media type="youtube" key="AAl8MvCqOGY" height="385" width="480" Her love for money is not greed, it is survival. Thirteen-year-old Raspberry knows what it is like to have to live on the streets. She is determined to do everything in her power to prevent ever having to go that route again. A fast-paced story about a young girl growing up in the inner city. -Marilyn, Charlotte, NC

Well, I just loved this book! Raspberry Hill lived out on the street and now that she has a place to live she doesn't want to be back on them. Her love for money is just a way to keep her family off the street. -Asha, Durham, NC

I am a huge fan of "The Skin I'm In" and use it as a read aloud for my 7th graders. I find that my [|students], the majority of whom are African American, really respond to the characters and tone that Flake uses in her writing. They have long been asking me for other books she has written, and I was thrilled when her sophomore effort appeared on shelves. However, I felt that "Money Hungry" falls far short of its predecessor. I felt that a wealth of wonderful characters were introduced but never developed. Perhaps we are being set up for sequals, but I was left wanting more information about Zora, Mai, Sato, and Ja'nae. I also felt that the book never came to a true resolution. Will Raspberry ever learn to feel safe? Will she get past her fears? It almost felt as if the ending was rushed to keep the book from becoming too long. It wrapped up much too abruptly. I am happy to report that my students are responding favorably to the book. I am always pleased to find fiction that they can relate to.