Gabi: A Girl in Pieces

Quintero, I. (2014). Gabi: A girl in pieces. TX: Cinco Puntos

Gabi Hernandez is keeping a diary of everything that is happening her senior year in high school.  Gabi’s best friend and her mother is pregnant, her best guy friend told his parents he was gay and they threw him out of the house. Gabi’s life isn’t perfect either, her dad is an addict.   A long with everything going on Gabi faces body issues since she is overweight but Gabi does not let this get in her way.  Somehow Gabi finds the good in her life and keeps a positive outlook. She enjoys writing poetry and the chance to express herself that it gives her. It comes time for Gabi to make her decision is she going to go to college and follow her dreams or stay at home like her culture typically does.  In the end Gabi is leaving to go to college.

I recommend this book for grades 10-12.  Read a likes Girls Like Us by Gail Giles or How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon.

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