Twelve-year-old Lucy Desberg is a natural problem solver. After the local homecoming queen shows up at her familyRF
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Feb 24, 2009
Jennifer
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Reviewed by Sally Kruger aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com
Lisa Greenwald has a nice combination of things going on in her debut novel MY LIFE IN PINK & GREEN. Put together "green" living to save the earth, the trials and tribulations of being a 7th-grade girl, and the financial stress of running a family business, and you have a real page-turner.
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Lisa Greenwald has a nice combination of things going on in her debut novel MY LIFE IN PINK & GREEN. Put together "green" living to save the earth, the trials and tribulations of being a 7th-grade girl, and the financial stress of running a family business, and you have a real page-turner.
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May 22, 2009
Deanna
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Realistic fiction, small town, friendship, family drugstore, makeup and beauty tips, middle school crushes.
Lucy Desberg is a 12 year old girl who opens the family mail and realizes they are about to lose their pharmacy. Business isn't good anymore because people are going to big box stores to purchase groceries and fill their prescriptions at the same time. One of her hobbies is playing around with and applying makeup on her older sister. Eventually she decides to use these skills to More...
Lucy Desberg is a 12 year old girl who opens the family mail and realizes they are about to lose their pharmacy. Business isn't good anymore because people are going to big box stores to purchase groceries and fill their prescriptions at the same time. One of her hobbies is playing around with and applying makeup on her older sister. Eventually she decides to use these skills to More...
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Mar 08, 2009
My Life in Pink and Green is an immediately endearing story. The Old Mill Pharmacy, the business that Lucy’s family revolves around, is in danger of going out of business, and Lucy will stop at nothing to save it. Lucy is strong, smart, and resourceful, and her spunk and green solutions will appeal to readers young and old.
The Old Mill Pharmacy sounds like the perfect place to hang out, and Lucy is determined to revive the aging establishment’s popularity in her town before it’s too More...
The Old Mill Pharmacy sounds like the perfect place to hang out, and Lucy is determined to revive the aging establishment’s popularity in her town before it’s too More...
Feb 14, 2012
Sindhu
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This is one of the best books i have ever read. You should read it if you like realistic fiction.
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Sep 12, 2011
Oumie
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I think the book is excellent. It all about Lucy and her mothers Pharmacy. Her mothers Pharmacy don't have a lot of clients. So Lucy got a great idea, which was to add change the pharmacy into an eco-spa
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Jan 07, 2009
Jcurtis
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A nice little story about what one person can do. This would be a good read in a fifth or sixth grade classroom and is a reminder that families are not perfect but even a 12 year old can help.
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Apr 10, 2011
Maxine
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The Old Mill Drugstore, owned by twelve year old Lucy Desberg’s family, is going to close down unless some miracle happens to save it. As if this wasn’t enough, now Lucy also has to handle her best friend’s first crush. But when she helps Courtney Adner, the Homecoming Queen, fix her hair disaster, the word gets out and people start lining up for their own makeover. Would turning the pharmacy into an eco-spa save it? Would her mother and grandmother stop fighting long enough for them to seriousl
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Nov 11, 2010
Mary
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Ever since Lucy was a little girl, her family has owned The Old Mill Pharmacy. Now Lucy is twelve and the pharmacy is in danger of closing. While trying to figure out a way to help fix the store,Courtney Adner, the it-girl of her high school,comes in with a hair disaster that needs some serious fixing. Lucy gives her some hair products and before she knows it, girls from all over town are going to the Pharmacy for make- overs and hair tips. Could Lucy be the one to save the Pharmacy?
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Jun 04, 2010
Barky
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Lucy Desberg’s family (her mom and her grandmother) owns a pharmacy, which has been in their family since before Lucy was born. They’re now in financial straits, what with big business stealing many of their customers, and the family is trying to think of ways they can draw more people in. Lucy takes their hardships seriously and begins making her own improvements. First she adds a “Relaxation Room,” a nook with some comfortable seating in an area of the store that wasn’t being used. This, s
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Apr 12, 2010
Brenda
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Jan 02, 2010
The Reading Countess
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Publisher's Summary: Twelve-year-old Lucy Desberg is a natural problem solver. After the local homecoming queen shows up at her family’s struggling drugstore with a beauty disaster that Lucy helps to fix, Lucy has a long line of makeover customers for every school dance and bat mitzvah. But all the makeup tips in the world won’t help save the pharmacy. If only she could find a way to make the pharmacy the center of town again—a place where people want to spend time, like in the old days. Lucy dr
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Nov 15, 2009
Kelly
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This book is about a 12 year old girl named Lucy her family owns a pharmicy and right now times are tough for them. Like any other 7th grader at a middle school theres always some mean girl and for lucy her name is Erica Crane. Lucy has a best friend too her name is sunny R. and her brother Yamir is soooooo annoying and kind of nerdy to lucy. Lucy works at her family's pharmacy and one day while working the homecoming queen (Courtney) for 2 years in a row comes in crying because that night is ho
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Dec 13, 2009
Brianna
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Feb 07, 2011
Sandie
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I enjoyed this book, it was a simple and fun book with a message.
Our main character is twelve, her name is Lucy and her family is struggling to keep their heads above water financially and not loose the family business or their home. As if that isn't enough, Lucy is also dealing with the mysteries of growing up, her best friends crush and lack of self confidence as well as her own newly discovered crush.
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Our main character is twelve, her name is Lucy and her family is struggling to keep their heads above water financially and not loose the family business or their home. As if that isn't enough, Lucy is also dealing with the mysteries of growing up, her best friends crush and lack of self confidence as well as her own newly discovered crush.
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Sep 30, 2009
Emmeline
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Mostly unrealistic characters -
A Yale graduate who lives in her mothers house, with her two daughters, and helps run an old fashion drug store (think medicine, soda fountain, and cosmetics). A 7th grade girl who can fix any hair/beauty problem with her mad skills (and a bottle "Fix-a-Frizz). A best friend with an obnoxious brother, a red rec room, and an extensive collection of hindu figurines.
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A Yale graduate who lives in her mothers house, with her two daughters, and helps run an old fashion drug store (think medicine, soda fountain, and cosmetics). A 7th grade girl who can fix any hair/beauty problem with her mad skills (and a bottle "Fix-a-Frizz). A best friend with an obnoxious brother, a red rec room, and an extensive collection of hindu figurines.
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Feb 04, 2010
Eleanor
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Jan 18, 2011
Lavender911
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Lucy Desberg tries to be a problem-solver. At her family’s struggling pharmacy, she has a line of makeover customers for every school dance. But it's not enough. If only she could find a way to make it the center of town again, a place where people want to spend time. Lucy searches for a solution that could save the family business and help the environment too. But will Lucy’s Mom and Grandma stop fighting long enough to listen to a seventh-grader?
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Aug 06, 2010
Sammee
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This is such a cute and enjoyable book. Straight away I found myself rooting for Lucy - she is such a sweet a character and found myself easily swept up in her story. She has such a great spirit and is very likable as a result.
There are many thinks going on in the book. Lucy is made aware that the pharmacy her family own - a place she thinks of as a second home - is struggling and may close. She desperately doesn't want this to happen so she comes up with various ideas to help. Add t More...
There are many thinks going on in the book. Lucy is made aware that the pharmacy her family own - a place she thinks of as a second home - is struggling and may close. She desperately doesn't want this to happen so she comes up with various ideas to help. Add t More...
Sep 26, 2011
Alex
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At First Sight: Things aren't going well for Lucy and her family as the debts pile up and the pharmacy they have owned since forever isn't bringing in much money anymore.
Since she loves being in the pharmacy, Lucy constantly worries about the future of the place she considers her second home, much as her mom and grandma tell her not to worry, she can't help it.
When the local homecoming queen comes into the pharmacy with a hair emergency, Lucy's obsession with beauty product More...
Since she loves being in the pharmacy, Lucy constantly worries about the future of the place she considers her second home, much as her mom and grandma tell her not to worry, she can't help it.
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Sep 22, 2011
Hannah
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it was awesome i loved all the beaty and buisness tips :)
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Mar 09, 2011
Reading Vacation's Mom
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The cover of this book caught my eye and it goes perfectly with this unique story. The title is perfect too! Pink for all things girlie and green for the environment.
Lucy faces normal teen issues along with issues only adults should have to deal with. This book covered teen issues like BOYS, but also covered foreclosure and the environment. That’s quite a mix!
Throughout the story, Lucy is a problem-solving and very grown up girl. She stays true to her vision for the pharmacy and to herself. More...
Lucy faces normal teen issues along with issues only adults should have to deal with. This book covered teen issues like BOYS, but also covered foreclosure and the environment. That’s quite a mix!
Throughout the story, Lucy is a problem-solving and very grown up girl. She stays true to her vision for the pharmacy and to herself. More...
Oct 18, 2009
Amy
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Yet another book fair read (get used to them for a while). This one is about a 12 year old girl who finds out her family's pharmacy is in trouble and may go out of business. She tries to save it by doing some pretty creative things. I like her as a main character because she is strong, smart, and hardworking. You see what it is like to be treated like a kid, even when you have really good ideas, and how frustrating that can be to not be taken seriously. The idea of environmental responsibil
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Oct 12, 2009
Arshdeep
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This book was fairly good. I really like realistic fiction books so thats why i decided to read this book. This book is about a struggling family who might loose their home and their pharmacy. Lucy (the protagonist) is trying really hard to help find a way to save their pharmacy but her grandmother has lost faith. Lucy is also trying to save the world at the same time. I really like the way the author has written this book so you can actually picture everything thats going on. What I learned fr
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Apr 03, 2009
Allison
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Lucy Desberg, 12 years old, is a goal oriented and driven young lady. When she learns that the family business, the Old Mill Pharmacy, is struggling to survive, she takes it upon herself to solve the place she's called home for so many years. Through her love of using make up and personal care products to make people feel good about themselves and her new interest in the Earth Club at school, Lucy formulates a plan: an Eco-Spa at the Old Mill Pharmacy. She sticks by her family, her best fri
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Dec 05, 2011
Gabrielle
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This book was fantastic because this girl was working at a pharmacy and it seems so real to me because it's half pharmacy and half makeup and beauty! They are starting to lose the pharmacy so they have to make a plan with her friends from Earth Club. Lucy and her friends start to make plans on how they could save there pharmacy. Lucy's mom and grandma are starting to worry that Lucy and her friends aren't going to be able to save it and they'll have to close there pharmacy. If they close the pha
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Oct 26, 2009
Eryn
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Oct 18, 2011
Imani
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A quick easy read, it is the perfect book if you have some extra time and want to read a simpl book. The book about a girl who is the makeup queen, on every chapter is a new tip on beauty. Tips on how to naturally highlight your hair, the apply makeup and make that is just right for any teenager just starting to experment with makeup.
The main character Lucy Desberg is good at helping people, her biggest obstacle is her family business. Her goal it to make her family's business up a More...
The main character Lucy Desberg is good at helping people, her biggest obstacle is her family business. Her goal it to make her family's business up a More...
Apr 19, 2011
Melissa
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Lucy Desberg is determined to help her mother and grandmother save their family pharmacy from bankruptcy. Burdened with bills they cannot pay, Lucy’s grandmother is convinced they will to sell all they have to make ends meet. But Lucy comes up with a plan to “diversify” business – add a day spa, incorporate “green” business practices, and apply for a city grant, in hopes of saving their livelihood.
By far, this was the WORST book club selection I’ve read. I hated this book from pag More...
By far, this was the WORST book club selection I’ve read. I hated this book from pag More...
