Be a “good girl” until married? (unlike her own mom) Go to college? (unlike her immigrant parents) Do anything to be popular? (unlike…hmmm) Gabi feels pulled apart by all the different demands of her mom, her teachers, her very-Mexican friends, her be-more-white schoolmates, society’s get-skinny-now-fat-girl messages – what’s going to come out on top during … Continue reading Gabi, a Girl in Pieces, by Isabel Quintero (book review) – senior year, too many surprises