The Year My Sister Got Lucky

Feb 01, 2008 Nian rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: if you like books about sisters and moving

Shelves: 2008

This book tells the story of Katya—preferably Katie—Wilder, who is a City Girl living in New York, an aspiring ballerina, and sister of the all perfect Michaela Wilder. Nearing bed one night, Michaela reveals to Katie that they’re moving to Fir Lake, the countryside, where camping and milking cows are like, required. Of course Katie’s not thrilled. And she thought Michaela would feel the same way, only it turns out she doesn’t. Soon, Michaela is ditching Katie for her new friends, gets crowned H...more This book tells the story of Katya—preferably Katie—Wilder, who is a City Girl living in New York, an aspiring ballerina, and sister of the all perfect Michaela Wilder. Nearing bed one night, Michaela reveals to Katie that they’re moving to Fir Lake, the countryside, where camping and milking cows are like, required. Of course Katie’s not thrilled. And she thought Michaela would feel the same way, only it turns out she doesn’t. Soon, Michaela is ditching Katie for her new friends, gets crowned Homecoming Queen and she’s turned into someone completely different. All Katie wants is her old sister back—as well as her old life.

I’m not unfamiliar with Aimee Friedman’s works. I’ve read and liked South Beach, but that was written in 3rd person point of view, and this is 1st POV. Of course, I prefer 1st POV. Easier, more lenient, and more emotional. Anyway, I enjoy the storyline. It’s about sisters, and since I have a younger brother, it’s a kinda-foreign subject to me. We bicker a lot, but we don’t have the deep best-friend relationship that Katie and Michaela have; most of the time, I just ignore him. I know, mean.

Maybe that’s why I’m having a hard time liking Michaela. Because I don’t have a sister and can never fully grasp those feelings that ties together with sisterhood. She’s a very important character in the book, but the author hasn’t developed her into a real person yet. I can’t see myself forgiving her for being so harsh and avoidant of Katie. I don’t expect characters to be nice all the time, because there are always the antagonists, but I don’t see where Michaela has changed her ways. She doesn’t offer an apology to Katie for the way she’s been treating her, and Katie just immediately sucks it up and puts it all in the past. Or maybe it’s just me. I wouldn’t forgive my best friend that fast after all she’s put me through.

Other than that, I find this story quite relatable. I grew up in the countryside with pigs and other animals, but I’ve never milked a cow or have gotten my shoes stuck in mud. Hah. I don’t remember all that much about life before my family and I moved here, but I don’t really think about it that much. It’s kind of a mystery, because sometimes, I’ll remember a bit of this, a bit of that. And when you move and go back to the original home, things do change. In this book, Katie sees that as well amongst her friends and her interests. She realizes she hasn’t even liked ballet that much, and that her friends seem so closed minded and judgmental. It’s a part of moving, I guess.

As well, I think there might have been too many loose ends that needs to be tied up. Like with Sullivan. There are too many characters that pop in and out without a story, and that kind of bugs me, because in a story, even the most minor characters play a role. And get part of their story told. (less)

4 likes · like · see review

Jan 07, 2008 Amalia Acorda-fey rated it 5 of 5 stars

I love this book. I only read it about a week ago, but the story just sinks in and it is comparable to to what many girls our age are probably feeling. I might be a little biased because i love girlie stories, and 'chick flicks' but this book was very good. I've read most of Sarah Dessen's books, and this is written with the same flow and insight into teenage girl's life.
We all know the story about the incapable city girl, who, when she moves into the country, does not fit in at all and still k...more

2 likes · like · see review

Jan 03, 2012 Melanie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Katya "Katie" can hardly believe it when she finds out that her family is moving from their cozy little apartment in New York City to a "monstrosity" of a house upstate in Fir Lake. She can't leave just when she is about to start high school with all of her friends, and what about the exclusive Anna Pavlova ballet school she attends? Thank goodness Katie has her older sister Michaela to suffer along with her-except Michaela seems almost happy about the move, and after their arrival in Fir Lake K...more

like · see review

Feb 26, 2009 Nicole rated it 4 of 5 stars

I like the depth each character showed. The author did a good job with her idea, and she demonstrated a of knowledge in the things she wrote about (i.e. ballet, New York, etc.) There were no stereotypical characters, country kids are as snobby and cliquey as anyone unlike the popular cliche, and she delved deep into the sweet relationship of siblings, and how sometimes (okay most of the time) this relationship goes awry. I liked the hobby that "grounded" our heroine. Instead of just being some o...more

1 like · like · see review

Jan 23, 2013 Karlie B rated it 5 of 5 stars

The Year My Sister Got Lucky by Aimee Friedman is an outstanding book for teenagers, but also anyone who would enjoy a good book about family life as well. It is about a fourteen year old girl named Katie, along with her sister Michaela, who is seventeen, and they both love ballet. They are not only sisters, but best friends, which seems to change shortly after the book begins, and this bothers Katie like crazy.
One reason they begin to fade is because shortly after the book begins, Katie comes t...more The Year My Sister Got Lucky by Aimee Friedman is an outstanding book for teenagers, but also anyone who would enjoy a good book about family life as well. It is about a fourteen year old girl named Katie, along with her sister Michaela, who is seventeen, and they both love ballet. They are not only sisters, but best friends, which seems to change shortly after the book begins, and this bothers Katie like crazy.
One reason they begin to fade is because shortly after the book begins, Katie comes to find out that the family is moving to a very small place in New York called Fir Lake, opposed to what they are used to, which is the big city in New York. When they move and are settled in, Michaela immediately fits in with everyone at school, has a boyfriend, and makes tons of new friends. Katie on the other hand has trouble adjusting to everything. She eventually makes a friend, but the person she really wants to talk to and confide in, is never there for her anymore.
This novel is told in the perspective of the main character, Katie, and I feel that this was a very good thing because you got to really “watch” her grow as a person throughout the book, and become a lot more mature about things. For the most part in the book, I agreed with everything that she thought and said. At times however, she would be way too negative about some of the things in her life that were very unnecessary. An example would be when her family was all settled in Fir Lake and she was always grumpy and wouldn’t even give it a chance. She just automatically thought it was horrible and completely wrote off people who could have been her friends.
Another thing I wish would have been better about the book would be that at the end of the book, I wish the author, Aimee Friedman, would have told more about what happened with Katie’s romance life with Jasper. Jasper is one of Katie’s friend’s brothers and at the end of the book, I felt kind of left hanging, wondering what would have ever happened with them, such as if they would have dated or not.
Other than the two points above, this was truly a wonderful, humorous book. I think that Aimee Friedman did a great job at showing that even through hard times, family is family and they will eventually come together. Many people read this book and thought that Katie was just a spoiled girl who would never give anything new a chance, but eventually she came around and realized that the things she never thought she would like, actually changed her life for the best.
(less)

like · see review

Dec 23, 2011 Wisteriouswoman rated it 1 of 5 stars

It might be a good book for a 12 year old. It is about ballet and sisters and city verses small town and coming of age issues and being invited to Homecoming. If those topics interest you then try this book.

The author isn't in the same league as many of the other young adult authors out there like Sarah Dessen or Deb Caletti. The parents aren't very well developed and their lack of presence in their daughter's lives doesn't make sense since one works at home and the other has a teaching job at...more

like · see review

Mar 22, 2011 Divya rated it 3 of 5 stars

The Year my Sister got Lucky is about two sisters named Michaela and Katya aka Katie. Both are hardcore ballerinas training in NYC when they along with their family move to Fir Lake- a town in the middle of nowhere. As school begins, Michaela fits right in with the popular crowd and grows distant from Katya, which bothers Katya to no end. As Michaela blocks Katya out of her life, Katya too must figure out how to lower her guard and adapt to Fir Lake.

For the most part The Year my Sister got Luck...more

like · see review

Oct 09, 2010 Jessica Lawlor rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2010

The Year My Sister Got Lucky by Aimee Friedman tells the story of Katie and Michaela, two sisters and best friends who live in New York City. The sisters both attend a prestigious dance school for ballet. When their parents announce that they’re moving upstate, both sisters are shocked, but Katie is devastated.

Once the girls are all moved in, Michaela settles effortlessly into the country life. She makes friends and begins risking to the top of the social hierarchy at their small high school. Sh...more

like · see review

Sep 22, 2009 SBY Youth Services Rencsko rated it 3 of 5 stars

New York Times bestselling author Aimee Friedman takes the famous children’s story “Town Mouse Country Mouse” and gives it a new twist when two Manhattanite prima ballerina sisters are uprooted from their Upper East Side lifestyles to take on a new way of living filled with open space, nosey neighbors, and live creatures.

Michaela, not only the oldest and prettiest of the two sisters but also well respected for her dancing ability looks forward to the move and takes to the country like a fish in...more

like · see review

Jul 03, 2009 Melanie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Katya "Katie" can hardly believe it when she finds out that her family is moving from their cozy little apartment in New York City to a "monstrosity" of a house upstate in Fir Lake. She can't leave just when she is about to start high school with all of her friends, and what about the exclusive Anna Pavlova ballet school she attends? Thank goodness Katie has her older sister Michaela to suffer along with her-except Michaela seems almost happy about the move, and after their arrival in Fir Lake K...more

like · see review

Apr 09, 2009 Heather rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya-romance-to-everything-in-between, ya-library-books

I have to admit this book was a little rough in the beginning. I can't quite put my finger on it yet. At first it was like a roller coaster ride, I would like it and then not. The good parts were great and then, there were parts I had trouble getting through. About half way through, the book took a turn and just got better and better. Unfortunately, I think people might not want to wait out the not so great parts, to get to the wonderful quality of this book.

I could be wrong about not liking th...more I have to admit this book was a little rough in the beginning. I can't quite put my finger on it yet. At first it was like a roller coaster ride, I would like it and then not. The good parts were great and then, there were parts I had trouble getting through. About half way through, the book took a turn and just got better and better. Unfortunately, I think people might not want to wait out the not so great parts, to get to the wonderful quality of this book.

I could be wrong about not liking the beginning, and maybe it was my mood. Who really knows. Anyway, I say that it was worth it in the end. More than worth it. Even though, I don't have a sister. I could relate to so many aspects of the story and characters. I think anyone who reads it would.

The writing at times was not quite there, but not too obvious. I'm not usually this picky. A great story and characters can override some rough writing.

I would most definitely read other books by this author. There were a lot of fatalistic qualities hidden way in this book. Some really touching moments and frustration. I love when a book makes me frustrated, so much so, that I'm tempted to read the last page to make sure it comes out okay.

After thoughts- I don't know why, but I feel like I need to apologize. I made comments about the writing of this book, when in truth, the writing was fine, it was the editing that was lacking. I can understand maybe one missed editing mistake, but not more than one. Don't editors know that crazy sentences throw the reader off and it makes for an unpleasant reading experience. I'm not an expert in writing, but I know what like and when things aren't up to par.

Okay, now... going to another earlier comment, about me not really liking the book in the beginning. Well...I think I figured out what I didn't like. Don't get me wrong, I loved Katie. However, at times she was a bit annoying. She was a big time whiner and she reminded me of Bella from Twilight. She was a huge whiner too and it became very annoying after a while. I know it was to demonstrate the growth in the character for the ending, but still. I'm not sure whiner characters are my thing.

One last thing. I believe there is room for another book and I really enjoyed all the characters. I think it would be great for Friedman to do a series. I would love to see if Katie and Jasper end up together. And, what about Michaela, does she get to go to college? I liked the book enough to want more...that's a good thing. (less)

like · see review

Nov 14, 2011 Haydee R is currently reading it

The book is called “The Year My Sister Got lucky” and it was written by Aimee Friedman. What initially attracted me to the book was the fact that it had to do with sisters. Basically, because I could relate to it since I have a sister. The book shows how a simple change can have an impact in a relation between two people, in this case the sisters relationship. One sister loves the change and the other abhors it. This just reminds me of my sister and I, so that's why I picked out this book.
Kati...more

like · see review

Jan 09, 2011 Little Miss Literature rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites

The year my sister got lucky isn’t about teen drama or lost love, it’s about something much more import family. Two ballerina sisters, Michaela and Katya (Katie) are uprooted from there New York city parades to the small of Fir Lake, Michaela instantly use the move to become a different person one who has many friends, a boyfriend, and keeps secretes from her young and over dramatic sister Katie. On the other hand Katie does everything she can to resist Fir Lake’s country ways, but seems the har...more The year my sister got lucky isn’t about teen drama or lost love, it’s about something much more import family. Two ballerina sisters, Michaela and Katya (Katie) are uprooted from there New York city parades to the small of Fir Lake, Michaela instantly use the move to become a different person one who has many friends, a boyfriend, and keeps secretes from her young and over dramatic sister Katie. On the other hand Katie does everything she can to resist Fir Lake’s country ways, but seems the hard she’s tries to hate this small town where everyone knows everyone and its hard to keep a secrete the more she realizes maybe she wasn’t such a city girl after all. And it’s seems the only person Katie need in her life is the one person she doesn’t even know anymore, Michaela. This book had a plot all its own it shows that people grow up and change but sometimes they forget the people they love most in life.

Katie felt hurt and sad when Michaela wasn’t just hers anymore and has become someone she barley ever sees, but Katie never stop to think of Michaela and all the pressure she has on her shoulders from being the best at everything she does to having to be the perfect ballerina. Deep inside Michaela knows she’s hurting Katie but she can’t set by and waste her senior year in high school because her young sister is determined to hate everything about this town. In this book you see these once inseparable sisters transforming into best friends, worst enemies, and young mature women. The book shows that wanting a new life and standing back and letting life pass you by can not only hurt you, but the people around you.

For the whole fourteen years of life Katie had always had Michaela by her but suddenly she didn’t. Which made her scared and she didn’t know what to do, but it was also time for her to stand on her own and step out of her sister’s shadow. Michaela never had a normal seventeen year old life she didn’t go to many parties in the city if she did they certainty weren’t wild teenage parties. She never had boyfriend who she could go on dates with and kiss, but most of all she was never known by anything other then Michaela Wilder the best ballerina in her class, but in Fir Lake that’s not the Michaela she want to be she want more then ever to be Michaela Wilder seventeen year old girl. The year my sister got lucky has all to do with one word you hear it in the title and through out the hole book, luck. Some people say they don’t believe in luck you make your own path in life. Others say luck is just a state of mind and if you believe today’s going to be a good day it probable will.

But, I’m not sure what I believe I guess unlike Katie I believe that just because one person can get so much and someone else can get so little it isn’t because there unlucky or there not tiring hard enough or the fact that there not keeping a positive mind, though it helps to always do so, in the end it all comes do to destine. Are destine is mapped out before where even born all the mistake we make are wrong turns we took to get to are future and all the good things that happen in are lives are stepping stones paving the way to a future yet told. So, you can say luck is really, but everything in are lives and we can’t forget Michaela and Katie’s lives happen because they’re meant to. The year my sister got lucky is a Sparkling Stars Online Magazine must read from its in compiling story to its amazing characters author Aimee Friedman get inside the world lives of these two sisters so well you feel her connation with both Michaela and Katie as you read about there struggle to find each other once again.

(less)

like · see review

Jan 29, 2012 Laura Elisa rated it 3 of 5 stars

Full review: http://lauraaelisabooks.blogspot.com/...
This book was a rollercoaster ride. At the beginning was really hard getting through each page because of all the ballet stuff. I you're into ballet then GREAT you'll understand every single thing they're talking about but if u don't you might feel kinda lost. There were some parts where both of the sisters annoyed me a lot. Katya was a little bit too dramatic. In the middle I was getting really bored. But in the last 100 pages gets really int...more

like · see review

Dec 09, 2012 Rach Kelley added it

Katie and Michaela are sisters. Katie is fourteen and Michaela is 17. They live in busy New York City and attend a prestigious ballet school. Katie says it is obvious that Michaela is the favorite due to her excellent dancing, which her mother is very proud. Their parents tell Michaela they are moving to a rural town because of her mom’s job. Katie finds out later and is very upset no one told her. The two sisters are used to always being together and sharing everything. Once they finally make...more

like · see review

Jul 24, 2011 Alexa Desocio added it

I really liked this book! It was a funny, cute, and extremely heart-warming story, i enjoyed reading it so much! I felt that i was easily able to identify with both Katie and Michaela, yet i also found myself disagreeing with each of the sisters many times, and i became increasingly annoyed with some of their actions and thoughts/feelings. However, i was constantly rooting for both of them to succeed and find peace and happiness, which, at some points, felt contradictory (for them both to be hap...more

like · see review

Feb 28, 2009 Brianna rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-summer-time

THis book is the classic story of two ballerina sisters who have everything going for them, that is until they leave New York City and everything they have known. Then in a heartbreaking chain of events, the two sisters start to seperate as the oldest sister fits right in at the small highschool they now both attend, and the younger sister longs for her home. This story is really good and shows how deeply the bonds of two sisters go. This story is really sad, and at some parts you might cry, but...more

like · see review

Jul 09, 2009 Ella Perkins rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: summer-reading-2009

This book is about a girl, Katie and her sister Michaela. They lived in New York City and then their mom got a job at a school in the country. The place where they are living at is called Fir Lake. The two sisters are ballerinas. When they move to Fir Lake they realized that since the town is small the news travels fast. People in their town are already talking about them. When Katie knows that Michaela is hiding something she reads her emails and pretends to be Michaela in an IM chat. That’s wh...more

like · see review

Feb 27, 2011 Anna rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: just-finished

Katie and her sister Michaela are two sisters that live in New York city. They both take Ballet and are crazy in love with dance. Katie and Michaela are very close and spend nights up talking and gossiping. Katie notices that there is something on Michaela's mind and decides to ask about it one night. Michaela insists on keeping her little secret to herself until Katie gets it out of her that they are moving to upstate New York. Katie freaks out about how nobody told her and is devastated that s...more

like · see review

Mar 01, 2010 Janie Hepler rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ya

I really enjoyed this novel. Whenever I read something like this, it makes me wish I'd kept at Ballet instead of quitting. I kind of want to go to upstate New York and NYC now. I loved the Eloise references. However, I thought the relationships were a little unrealistic. The sisters are teenaged, three years apart, and best friends? Seriously? I know a lot of families with multiple children, and that never happens. Sorry, it just doesn't. Like I tell my mom when she asks me why I can't get a lon...more

like · see review

Jun 23, 2010 Liza Wiemer added it

This is only the second Aimee Friedman book I've read (Sea Change was the first) and let me say, I am a fan!
I loved Aimee's description of NYC and the contrast to the small town of Fir Lake.
I also loved Aimee's focus on ballet, which was never my thing as a child. Aimee does a magnificent job opening that world to the reader. I now have a newfound appreciation for the hard work, focus, and energy it takes to reach the top. This wasn't just your average local YMCA or JCC ballet classes the char...more

like · see review

Feb 07, 2009 Anna rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: fans of YA chick-lit

Recommended to Anna by: Carmen Rodrigues

Shelves: chick-lit, fiction, young-adult, read-in-2009

This is such a sweet and incredibly well developed story. This is the first time I've read anything by Aimee Friedman and all I can say is, "WOW!" I felt like she took such care to create the characters, to make them interesting, and to make the story real. The story is told through the eyes of Katie, a high school freshman whose family moves from NYC to a small town in upstate New York. Katie's always lived in the shadow of her older sister Michaela and the way each sister responds to the move...more

1 like · like · see review

Oct 10, 2010 Laura de Leon added it · review of another edition

Shelves: ya, readathon

Somehow, I'd gotten the wrong idea of what this book was going to be about.

Once I was willing to let it be the book it is, rather than the one I was expecting, I enjoyed it, particularly the characters.

I felt that Katie and her sister Michaela were both very real while I was reading the book. They each had their strengths and their challenges. Since the reader sees the events and interactions from Katie's point of view, it's easier to understand her attitudes, and do understand the path she take...more

like · see review

Jun 07, 2011 Krista Basilio rated it 3 of 5 stars

Katya, a.k.a. Katie, and her sister Michaela Wilder are sisters and best friends that were born and raised in New York city. They study ballet and their best friends do the same. Katie is 14 and going to be a freshman in high school, Michaela is 17 and going to be a senior. Michaela is the great ballerina and the envy of her dancemates while Katie has to try very hard to be good at ballet.

Their mother is a college professor and their father is a writer. The parents decide to move the family to...more

like · see review

Jun 17, 2012 Erin (as a children's librarian, just professional rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya, tween, realistic

This was a very pragmatic reading decision: find more YA that is tween appropriate. This fits.

Sister dynamic, move from NY to country, older sister beautiful and gifted dancer, younger sister is protagonist and more lost, jealousy and unhappiness, a little romance for the younger, real romance for the older, some friendship dynamics, some mom-stuff. So, YA and yet no sex, no drugs, no violence, nothing too intense. Gentle realistic.

And ugh I was bored and just ready for it to be done.

Pragmati...more

like · see review

Sep 11, 2008 Sarah rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: teenage girls

Recommended to Sarah by: internet

This is a really good book and it's definely one of my favs!!!!!

1 like · like · see review

Mar 17, 2013 Suzanne Sullivan rated it 3 of 5 stars

Katya "Katie" can hardly believe it when she finds out that her family is moving from their cozy little apartment in New York City to a "monstrosity" of a house upstate in Fir Lake. She can't leave just when she is about to start high school with all of her friends, and what about the exclusive Anna Pavlova ballet school she attends? Thank goodness Katie has her older sister Michaela to suffer along with her-except Michaela seems almost happy about the move, and after their arrival in Fir Lake K...more

like · see review

Nov 20, 2011 Paolac rated it 4 of 5 stars

The Year My Sister Got Lucky by Aimee Friedman was a novel about two sisters that lived in New York and had a really good relationship. What really attracted me to the book was that the older sister Michaela, all of a sudden changed once the family moved upstate. Sounds like a typical situation where one of the sistes changes, and then the other doesn't like it. Though the difference with this novel was that everything that happened was unexpected. Katie, the younger sister is her point of view...more The Year My Sister Got Lucky by Aimee Friedman was a novel about two sisters that lived in New York and had a really good relationship. What really attracted me to the book was that the older sister Michaela, all of a sudden changed once the family moved upstate. Sounds like a typical situation where one of the sistes changes, and then the other doesn't like it. Though the difference with this novel was that everything that happened was unexpected. Katie, the younger sister is her point of view and explains how hard it is to see her sister all of a sudden change and become a popular girl in highschool. There was alot of drama knowing that Michaela is slowly throwing away their sistership.
Katie and Michaela are teenagers that have been taking balle classes since they were little. They have never once kept anything from eachother. One night Katie notices that Michaela can't sleep, and knows that she has something on her mind. The thing is that Michaela doesn't want to tell her what is going on. For some reason Katie knows that since that day, things are going to change. They have to move upstate which was pretty devistating to Katie. As soon as they tansfer to their new school, Michaela started having "popular friends" and was talking like a normal teenage girl would like about homecoming. Katie was aggravated to see that girls were telling her sister that shes the best when it was only the first day of school. She knew that the girls were lying even though it was true because how would they know that, they dont't even know her that well. Sooner and sooner Michaela kept going along with the girls and leaving Katie behind. Michaela was just putting her aside like if she was an old toy that she didn't want to play with anymore.
What was really successful about the book was that the book kept me in suspence the whole time. I kept wanting to know what was going to happen next. I stayed up nights reading many pages because it was so good. The novel was really detailed and told a shocking story about the two sister having troubles with thier relationship. Katie being the one trying to make things go back to the way they were. The way she wanted them to be.(less)

like · see review

Sep 10, 2011 Dreamergirl rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance-grades-6th-9th

Beautiful novel, by Aimee Friedman (after reading Breaking Up, I read this, and was pleasantly surprised) that I don't think I'll ever forget:

Characters:
Micheala and Katie were both great characters, but I couldn't really relate to Katie, I felt kind of trapped with her, if you know what I mean. I didn't feel that the pain she felt was because of Micheala's behavior towards her, I think that rather, she was a tinsy bit jealous of her sister. How she watched Micheala say goodbye to her boyfriend...more Beautiful novel, by Aimee Friedman (after reading Breaking Up, I read this, and was pleasantly surprised) that I don't think I'll ever forget:

Characters:
Micheala and Katie were both great characters, but I couldn't really relate to Katie, I felt kind of trapped with her, if you know what I mean. I didn't feel that the pain she felt was because of Micheala's behavior towards her, I think that rather, she was a tinsy bit jealous of her sister. How she watched Micheala say goodbye to her boyfriend and kiss him from the window, it showed that her thoughts were a little mixed up- I mean- all the time she was trying very hard Not to fit in, which I didn't really understand. While her sister, only tried her best- and succeeded, instead of mourning about the move. I'm not trying to be mean or anything, I'm just saying that I didn't understand Katie that much,if she wanted to fit in she had to work for it, but nonetheless she was a very good character in this book. The closeness between the two sisters was shown very well, too.

Plot:
Great plot, I loved every bit of it and it moved forward with every page turn, which wasn't surprising- knowing that Aimee Friedman is the author :)) It was well developed and thought out, especially the beginning in the NY, but I was disappointed she didn't keep it up till the end, after the move. I wanted to know more about the new place and I would have liked to have seen more description about it too. Otherwise, it was a very good plot!

Writing:
Again, a little more description would've been nice. I would have loved to see more adjectives here, and a little more description of how the main characters looked would have been appreciated too :)Though, I know, Aimee's style is kind of like that, I don't want it to become a poor vocabulary. As I said before, in the plot, it would have been better if she had kept the writing from the beginning, at the rest of the book, too :)

I would recommend to Aimee Friedman fans :)

Interest level: Medium
Reading level: Medium-easy (less)

like · see review

Jun 11, 2010 Bookworm1858 rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-2009, ya-read, sisters

Summary: Katie and Michaela are ballerinas, sisters, and best friends whose relationship undergoes significant changes when their family moves from NYC to small town Fir Lake.

I had some problems with this book as in I didn't really like Katie, the main character and narrator of the book. I don't know if this is because I also moved in high school and am an older sister more like Michaela or if I wouldn't have liked her anyway.

I did enjoy the description of ballet but I found Katie's attitude so...more

like · see review

title link	preview: The Year My Sister Got Lucky
avg rating	preview: The Year My Sister Got Lucky Goodreads rating: 3.72 (1093 ratings)
small image	preview: click here [close]
med image	preview: click here [close]
BBCode	[url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1797044.The_Year_My_Sister_Got_Lucky?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book][img]http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1328843380l/1797044.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1797044.The_Year_My_Sister_Got_Lucky?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book]The Year My Sister Got Lucky by Aimee Friedman[/url]

The Year My Sister Got Lucky

Friend Reviews

Lists with This Book

Community Reviews

new topic
Discuss This Book

combine
Other Editions (3)

Genres

Readers also enjoyed similar books

About Aimee Friedman

Books by Aimee Friedman

Share This Book

Share This Book on Your Website

Trivia About The Year My Siste...

Quotes from The Year My Sister Got...