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Overview

What do Katie-Rose, Yasaman, Milla, and Violet all have in common? Other than being named after flowers, practically nothing. Katie-Rose is a film director in training. Yasaman is a computer whiz. Milla is third in command of the A list. And Violet is the new girl in school. They’re fab girls, all of them, but they sure aren’t friends. And if evil queen bee Medusa— ’scuse me, Modessa—has her way, they never will be. But this is the beginning of a new school year, when anything can happen and social worlds can collide . . .
 

Told in Lauren Myracle’s inventive narrative style—here a fresh mix of instant messages, ...

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Overview

What do Katie-Rose, Yasaman, Milla, and Violet all have in common? Other than being named after flowers, practically nothing. Katie-Rose is a film director in training. Yasaman is a computer whiz. Milla is third in command of the A list. And Violet is the new girl in school. They’re fab girls, all of them, but they sure aren’t friends. And if evil queen bee Medusa— ’scuse me, Modessa—has her way, they never will be. But this is the beginning of a new school year, when anything can happen and social worlds can collide . . .
 

Told in Lauren Myracle’s inventive narrative style—here a fresh mix of instant messages, blog posts, screenplay, and straight narrative—Luv Ya Bunches, the first in a four-book series, is a funny, honest depiction of the shifting alliances and rivalries that shape school days, and of the lasting friendships that blossom from the skirmishes.

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Lauren Myracle, the author of the netspeak hits ttyl, ttfn, and l8r, g8r, returns with another novel cleverly concocted in Internet shorthand. Told in a hip mix of IMs, blog rants, screenplays, and straight narrative, Luv Ya Bunches zips out the story of Katie-Rose, Milla, Yasaman, and Violet, four girls with distinctly different interests. Can a new school year and an evil clique queen bee bring them together? Twitter doesn't have the answer, but this book does.
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Blending instant messaging and screenplay-styled text into the narrative, Myracle (ttyl) begins a new series about the woes of being a tween, featuring four likable heroines all named after flowers. Katie Rose, Camilla (aka Milla), Yasaman and Violet come from different backgrounds and have distinct passions and insecurities (Yasaman is Muslim and an expert with computers; Milla, who has two mothers, struggles with her sense of self). But each could use a new friend as she begins fifth grade (“What Katie-Rose wants is a real friend, the kind that lasts forever”). Their shared distaste for meanness and their enthusiasm for the social networking site that Yasaman creates help draw the girls together—and their desire to get revenge against cruel queen bee Modessa, who has hurt each of them at some point, seals their camaraderie. The novel sends something of a mixed message about the acceptability of teasing as the girls’ plot their own prank in response to Modessa’s machinations. Still, readers will find the girls’ voices enticing and should be able to relate to their conflicts and inner anxieties. Ages 9–13.(Oct.)
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Children's Literature
Katie-Rose is a hopeful, future movie director longing for a close girlfriend. Yasamin is a brilliant Muslim girl with a brand new social networking site she designed herself. Milla is a sweet girl with two moms who hangs out with the popular girls. Violet is the new girl trying to figure out where she belongs in the school social scene. On the first day of school, chaos in the halls leads to Milla losing her beloved turtle bobble-head. Violet finds the turtle, but she cannot make herself return it to Milla. Instead, she hides it where Modessa, the fifth grade's most popular girl finds it. Modessa claims that Katie-Rose was the one who stole the turtle which upsets Milla. Yasamin knows Katie-rose would never do that and she sets out to prove it. When the four girls discover that Modessa has lied, they set out to give her a taste of her own medicine. The author uses a combination of omniscient storytelling and chat room texting to develop the budding friendships of the four main characters. The two popular girls are stereotypically mean from beginning to end; however, this middle grade, chick-lit book offers a nice message of forgiveness and honesty. Reviewer: Jody Little
School Library Journal
Gr 3–6—Love Ya Bunches doesn't offer anything new. Four fifth graders become friends while fighting off Modessa, aka Medusa, your standard mean girl. The main characters, named for flowers, represent four ethnicities, which seems like a ploy except for a few fascinating discussions of customs. Violet, an African-American who is despondent because her mother is away due to mental problems, comes off as too precocious about social cues. Ignored Yasaman, a Muslim computer genius, creates a Web site only friends share. Bouncy, bossy, half-Chinese Katie-Rose makes videos. Anxious Milla (Camilla), a blond with lesbian mothers, is in thrall to Modessa. When she loses her lucky bobble-head turtle, Violet hides it for reasons even she can't discern. She arranges for Modessa to find it, thinking she'll give it to Milla. Instead, the meanie plants it in Katie-Rose's backpack and accuses her of stealing it. The truth comes out and the four wreak revenge of a mild sort on Modessa. Using movie scripts, chat, and standard narrative no longer seems innovative but does make for a breezy book. The four friends are depicted in a manga style of art. The book is at its best when Violet lets her guard down and allows her father to comfort her. But too often it's as two-dimensional as the doll-like figures on its cover.—Tina Zubak, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, PA
Kirkus Reviews
Katie-Rose, Yasaman, Violet and Milla each occupy a different point in the fifth-grade social pecking order: Bossy, movie-obsessed Katie-Rose is at the bottom with Yasaman, whose hijab-wearing quietude belies her sharp insight and impressive computer geekery. New girl Violet has serious cool potential but is tortured by worries over her institutionalized mother, while fundamentally nice but deeply anxious Milla can't disentangle herself from Mean Girl-in-chief Modessa (fittingly called Medusa by Katie-Rose) and her henchwoman, Quin. With the blend of IM, texting, screenplay format, blog posts and standard narrative familiar from Myracle's ttfn series, each chapter shifts perspective, letting readers see the action from each girl's point of view. The plot is thin but perfectly captures tweens' concerns about social machinations, fitting in and finding a trustworthy group of pals, existing primarily to bring together the fabulously diverse foursome as they put a fitting, funny end to Modessa's reign of terror. It's no classic, but this series launch will be embraced, read and passed from friend to friend on middle-school playgrounds everywhere. (Fiction. 9-12)

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780810989825
  • Publisher: Abrams, Harry N., Inc.
  • Publication date: 8/1/2010
  • Pages: 352
  • Sales rank: 113,428
  • Age range: 9 - 12 Years
  • Lexile: 0710L (what's this?)
  • Series: Flower Power Series
  • Product dimensions: 7.68 (w) x 5.72 (h) x 0.91 (d)

Meet the Author

Lauren Myracle

Lauren Myracle is the author of the New York Times bestselling Internet Girls series (ttyl, ttfn, and l8r, g8r), Rhymes with Witches, and Bliss, among many other books for teenagers and young people. She grew up in Atlanta, is a graduate of the Vermont College MFA program in writing for children and young adults, and lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, with her family. Visit her online at www.laurenmyracle.com.

 

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  • Posted September 1, 2011

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    Navigating 5th Grade.

    Katie-Rose: future in the film industry, hopefully; family make-up: one of several children (two brothers) and mom. Yasaman: future, probably, in computers, maybe computer tech.; family make-up: dad (to influence her behavior) and talks with older cousin. Camilla (Milla): saving wild life is a possibility for her future; family make-up: has two (2) mothers (two moms), no dad or siblings in the picture. Violet: future not determined yet, and she's the new girl at Rivendell; family make-up: living with her dad, and her mother is away "under the M.D.'s care." Welcome to 5th grade, a time to move from "baby" stuff to tween stuff along with balancing family life with academic/school life. How do these four young ladies mentioned handle their new school year? How much do you share with your family, and how much do you share with your friends? Also navigating true friendship from fake friends or "frienemies" is all part of this novel. Enlightens you about the "true" essence of 5th grade happenings and trying to handle all the emotions of being a 5th grader. Reveals the truth about some people's motives. *Worthwhile reading material.

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  • Posted August 26, 2011

    Highly Recomeded-- You HAVE check it out!

    I love the book! For people it is 7 pts. for the AR. system && It is a great book for tween people!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 3, 2011

    HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

    best book i've ever read about four girls starting fifth grade.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 23, 2011

    Not my Thing!

    I bought this book because I loved Lauren's other books, but this was not the best. I read about 140 pages, but just couldn't get hooked. I didn't find any reason why the characters acted the way they did, didn't think it was very realistic, and just wasn't entertained period.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 2, 2011

    The most amazing book you will read!

    I baught this book brand new last year and I read it in about 3 days. This is really a great book that anyone can relate to no matter what age you read it at. A great book to read over and over again! I would reccomend it to anyone.

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  • Posted August 19, 2010

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    luv luv ya bunches

    great book

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  • Posted June 22, 2010

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    good book

    i luv this book it is one of my favorites. i dunno why but i like quin and modessa even tho their evil . anyway u shld read this book

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