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Aug 15, 2018vava_d rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Title: Pride Author: IbI Zoboi Number of pages: 289 My impression of this book is overall very dumbfounded. I really like how the author portrayed an all black family, living in a fairly small neighbourhood with black and white people. The author IbI Zoboi was born in Port au Prince, Haiti. From there she went Vermont College and holds an MFA in writing for children and young adults she currently lives in brooklyn with her husband and three children. The significance of the work and effort put in this book is astonishing, it talks stereotypes, judgement and acceptance of others and for who they are. This book takes place in bushwick, brooklyn, the Northern part of New York City where the Beneitez family lives. The main character wants nothing to do with the new neighbours that have arrived in their neighbourhood from across the street but, Zuri gets herself involved. Her sister Janae is home for the summer from college. Not to far along the novel Janae starts starts to hang out at the new family’s house across the street and she ends up dating Ainsley, older brother of Darius. I find that this book is very interesting because the author talks about some things that happen in the city like how people offer you help with moving in or that people often are very loud and have outdoor get together parties, it’s definitely a place where there’s always something going on, events, get togethers, music and etc. Zuri and I are similar in ways I didn’t expect. My first thoughts on when I read the back of the book to see what it’s about were my inner thoughts expected that Zuri would be a bit more quiet and reserved like her sister and her older sister would be more loud and outgoing but it was the other way around which I don’t always see in books. Zuri has a lot of pride in her hood background and that comes with a lot of confidence and not letting anyone treat her, her friends or family badly. She is definitely the kind of older sister I’ve always aspired to have. This book is unquestionably a must read novel that recommended for teens to enjoy, laughter, frustration, love and other emotions I experienced in this book. One thing I would have loved in this book if it talked about darius’s point of view in the novel so the readers could get to know a bit about his family, why exactly a rich family moved into the hood and stories of his past life from his childhood and more information about why him and Warren hate each other's guts. Overall this is a solid four out of five stars. Thank you IbI Zoboi for writing this book you came from a country where it’s not that common for haitians to become writers or to have the tools and money to go to a school outside of the Western Hemisphere where a lot of families don’t have much. I myself am Haitian so it was good to hear a Haitian author.