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Aug 03, 2008

Roy rated it:

Upon reading this book my conclusion was that if trash like this could get picked up my a major publisher and launch somebody's writing career, anyone skilled at self promotion could do likewise. This saddens me because I know there are many talented writers out there without the gift of dragging attention to themselves and useful contacts who languish in obscurity while writing of this quality takes up space in chain bookstores. I've listened to him speak at conferences and corresponded with More...

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Feb 13, 2008

Sergine rated it:

I was in my early teens, I believe when a schoolmate recommended this novel to me. Even at that time, I was disturbingly unhappy with the style, composition and overall literary flow of this novel. The main character was unrelatable and even if she were, I couldn't find her likeable or even worthy of empathy. I had a rather difficult time connecting with Tyree's prose and was disappointed with his other projects as well.

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Jan 07, 2009

Nardsbaby rated it:

A Young Girl in Flight

This is a coming of age story during the 80's baby! I liked that part, and how he described the gear we use to sport! Just hearing the title and thinking about the song makes me want to go hang out how we did in "my day!" LOL Dang am I that old!

Tracy, the main character is as superficial as they come. She enjoys a twist of her newfound freedom since her parents separate and she has gone from hating guys, to loving them! She's all about fa More...

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Mar 26, 2008

Joyanne8f is currently reading it

I think this book is very interesting. It has so many details. I can relate to it because I am a teen dealing with the decisions and consequences of life. I love this book, and think anyone in their teenage years.

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Feb 19, 2008

LALOVELYTEE rated it:

If you're into promiscuity, boys and drama this book if for you. Tracy, living with her mother and father noticed a change in her home. Her father wanted out but her mother didn't know why. At a young age she had to experience her families split.

Her father rented an apartment while her and her mother still lived in his house under his rules. As Tracy got older and there was no father figure around boys got in her path and made her teenage years harder. Still she now has a younger br More...

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Jan 16, 2009

Lilli rated it:

This was a great book that prompted me to read other books by the author. Unfortunately, this book was a "one hit wonder" compared to the author's later releases.

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Oct 02, 2008

Tanya rated it:

When I read this my freshman year if high school I enjoyed it very much; however when I read it again a few years later I was unimpressed and had no further desire to finish it. The sequel is horrible. To some extent, most young girls living in urban Philadelphia will relate to this book as it touches upon sexuality, materialism and the influence of drugs and religion; however it almost illuminated the immanent immaturity of young girls and males living in that era (even today some of this still More...

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Jan 27, 2012

Taylor rated it:

A BOOK EVERY TEEN SHOULD READ, ESPECIALLY AFRICAN AMERICAN TEENS
I truly enjoy reading this book because it contain many important messages people seem to miss by only paying attention to certain parts of book such as being sexually active still in middle school, dating trouble makers, wearing nice expensive clothes, ect. When actually the author was writing this to make a point the bad choices Tracy was making could cause her to end up like her role model,Mercedes a drug addict. Tracy is s More...

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Nov 11, 2011

Mecca rated it:

In Omar Tyree’s Book, Flyy Girl, this urban classic novel captivates the story of a young, attractive girl growing up in Germantown, Philadelphia among the spark of hip-hop. Tyree illustrates the life of the characters, the settings and tempo of the 1980s in a flawless, descriptive manner. As a writer, he didn’t hold back when it came to expressing reality through the fictional events. He created a platform descriptively that allowed for some very challenging/touchy subjects while revealing the More...

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Sep 23, 2011

Jashala rated it:

Great book...I read it years ago when it first came out....I think I was maybe 13 or so...I've read it twice since...i really think Tracy represented many of today's young girls...the ones that think they know everything when in reality they're only just getting started with life's rollercoaster...I'm glad Raheema was there to show a different kind of teenager. Also, I love the fact that Tracy grows but clearly still has a way to go, she still doesn't have it all figured out...this is real life More...

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Apr 22, 2011

Christina rated it:

I had to read this book for an African American novel class. We finished reading classics by James Baldwin, Richard Wright, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, George Schuyler, William Wells Brown, Ralph Ellison, etc...then read Flyy Girl as an example of the new sub-genre of the urban novel within African American literature. While it was an easy read and elicited a smile at times, it was a VERY poorly written novel that made me wince several times at the unsophisticated style and lack of literary sty More...

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Apr 02, 2011

Brooke rated it:

I must say Flyy Girl is one of my favorites books. I first read fly girl when I was 12; I found it in my aunt library but I never finished it because at the time it didn’t really intrigue me. But now reading it I realize the morals and values behind the story itself. The book depicts the life of a Young girl name Tracy who grows up in the hip-hop era. Motivated by the material life, Tracy, her friends, and the young men who will do anything to get next to them are pulled into a world of violen More...

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Jun 10, 2010

Amadi rated it:

I liked this book in the same way that I like eating candy, its good but you don't really gain anything from it. This book is filled with colloquials like "aw’ight" "chew" instead of you, "dag" and "shet up." This book is very entertaining, which I guess as long as it's entertaining it will be successful no matter little the intellectual value of the book is. I can see why many people who don't like to read read books like this. But this book did mak More...

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Feb 11, 2010

Nic rated it:

If I could bestow negative stars, this book would have earned them handily.

First, and let me say that this is the LESSER problem I have with this book, Flyy Girl spends hundreds of pages following young teens (think "thirteen") in abusive, manipulative sexual relationships. The book is five hundred pages long, and for about four hundred fifty of them, no character speaks or thinks anything that is not directly related to sex. There are about three swear words per page on More...

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Sep 04, 2009

Nailah added it

The book Flyy Girls is about a girl named Trecee Ellis who is coming of age in Phildelphia. As she grows up she learns the harsh truth about life and sex and boys after seeing how her neighbor became pregnant and got kicked out of her house and turned into a coke fiend all because of following the wrong crowd. All though being advised not to, Trecee starts wanting what everybody else has; the new clothes, shiniest bling, and the hottest guys driving the best cars. Soon she becomes known More...

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Oct 25, 2010

Judayne added it

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Apr 04, 2009

Erika rated it:

If this was the first time I read this book and I was a mere 16 years old, I probably would have given it 5 stars. Flyy Girl was my first adventure into reading for pleasure. It was given to me from my cousin and it kept me occupied for a few days in the summer. So I'll always have a small bit of love for this book.

It is now maybe 10 or so years later since the first and second and third time I read Flyy Girl and I see it so differently now. I admired Tracy. Maybe from a lack of More...

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Oct 13, 2009

Brittany rated it:

Flyy Girl engulfed me. I was searching for a good read on Amazon.com and this happened to be one of the choices the website recommended to me. The book was quite thrilling in my opinion. It provides insight regarding issues that young teens face as they try to live in the “fast lane” and the world of easy money. What struck me the most was the accuracy of the growing pains that the young female girls in Flyy Girl encounter. The author Omar Tyree does a good job writing this book from the pe More...

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Jan 16, 2009

Kittiya rated it:

It took all I had to get through this book. I was told it was going to be a quick read, well maybe that is true of people who love Tyree. Don't get me wrong the story did flow. But I felt it was missing a lot of key elements. A lot of this story did make me remember how it was back in the day. But I really feel that you should have had more to the story. Like the "good girl" what was going on with her? I would have like to hear some more of her life. The main character was just horribl More...

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Apr 22, 2009

3dawnyé rated it:

Sex, teen lust, lies, parents, boys, school, peer pressure family, friends, and back stabbers describes Tracy Ellis life. Her life seems to be so complicated but to me its the normal life of a teenage girl.There are many girls like Tracy and there are girls who life is all that plus more. I say she is just a normal teenager growing up, everyone goes through something exspecially during their teenage years, when you finding your way and maturing becoming an adult.

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Feb 27, 2011

Regina rated it:

This one was one of my FAVORITES because it dealt with the pressure of being more comfortable in different environments than how you may have been raised. Tracey, the main character, is the daughter of two successful parents, but is just more comfortable with the kids from the street and the fast-money people of the neighborhood. While dealing with her parents’ separation and her boy-crazy attitude, Tracey takes you along on a CRAZY ride. There’s also the talk of that FIRST TRUE love, (who you More...

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Apr 08, 2008

Shanna rated it:

I really did NOT like this book. The author took tooooo long to tell the story. It was really boring.

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Jan 09, 2012

Dionna rated it:

i liked the book very much and it really wasnt my style but i still felt like the book was written from a teenage girls prospective. in all the problem with mercedes started off my favorite part because she was pure like me! and i could relate to her so much as a freshman but when she turned to drugs and alchohol and sex i couldnt believe it but as i got further in the book i realized why she did that it still didnt shape my opinion any differently on mercedes i loved tracy and how she took care More...

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Feb 22, 2010

Alexandra rated it:

Flyy Girl is a very good book I honestly enjoyed reading it. Flyy Girl is about a girl named Tracey that grows up in a tough environment. She lives her life in the fast lane, doing drugs and being sexually active at the age of 14. Her sister was also doing all this which lead her to follow and do the same. Tracey looked up to her sister as a mentor and that's the reason she was following her sisters footsteps. Her sister than got all caught up in her game and Tracey realized she needed to change More...

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Oct 27, 2011

Fantayzam rated it:

This book reminds me of me, especially because the main character "Tracy Ellison" and I have been through a lot of the same obstacles in life. This book has also inspired to me to change a lot and makes me want to be a better person. This book talks a lot about REAL issues teenage boys & girls face every single day in school and in the neighborhood. This book has done a lot for me and helped me decide what I want to do with my future! It was a great book and I recommend it to everybody

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Dec 01, 2010

Shariel rated it:

So far, this book is very interesting. It talks about this little girl who is growing up in Phelidelphia. I chose to read this book for silent reading because everyone has told me about this book, and I just never decided to read it until now. I wish this book had a movie to it because I feel Omar Tyree did a fantastic job on writing this book. It keeps me hooked and wanting to know more about it. If I had more time to read it, I probably would have been done with it in the first week!

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Nov 30, 2010

Janeil rated it:

OMG! I love this book I can read it over and over so many times and won’t get tired of it because that’s how much I love it. This book is very entertained and it has so much detail and which I can relate to it because I was dealing with decisions and consequences in my life. I recommend this book to anybody but mostly teenagers to read it, you won’t be disappointed because it’s full of excitement and it’s nowhere near a boring book.

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May 25, 2010

Jasmine rated it:

i think i read this in 8th grade or maybe it was freshman year of high school. i just recall girls eating this up like it was candy. after having it recommended to be for the fiftieth time i borrowed it from a fellow classmate.

i was appalled and found it disturbing. i especially remember thinking about all of the girls that pushed it on me and i wondered if they liked it only for the shock value. i wondered if reading it made them feel cool. and then i wondered why i was friends with More...

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Feb 22, 2010

naiomi rated it:

i read this book in 7th grade , and i probably shouldn't have. you'll learn alot about being a ethnic teenager in todays society and how real it gets. About a teenage girl who is the prettiest and most popular among her fellow students. Spoiled and recieves everything she wants until she has fallen in love with an older dude. She has to find herself though going from guy to guy and you have to read the rest. im not telling! Its Great!

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Mar 26, 2009

Brittany..Snooty rated it:

Ok...I definately would call this book one of my favorites. Although it is what you would call a bit to "grown" for me, I'd still recommend to those who enjoy books about real life. Not fairy tales and hopes and dreams, but reality and how it really is. In some ways you can really relate to the main character of the book, while other ways I don't think you should neccessarily want to. It absolutely grabs your attention front the very first page and keeps you flipping. Don't let the thi More...

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