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Violet in Bloom (Flower Power #2)
Katie-Rose, Violet, Milla, and Yasaman—four girls with seemingly little in common but their flower names—are nurturing their new friendship and are busy building luvyabunches.com, their very own social-networking site. Their first flower-power task? A doomed campaign to get their school to serve healthier snacks. The Jelly-Yums they champion—soon dubbed “beans of grossness...more
Hardcover, 384 pages
Published
October 1st 2010
by Harry N. Abrams
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I Loved this book. It was so good. I think is just because I really like Lauren Myracle's books and her style of writing, that's probably why I like her books. My favorite character in this book is Camilla also known as Milla. She did something terrible to her crush, Max. She killed his hamster!!! You have to read the book to find out the rest. Violet has deal with something big. Her mother is in a mental hospital.Also, this boy in her class Cyril keeps staring at her and writing in his mysterio...more
The FFFL ( Flower Friends For Life) Katie Rose, Yasaman, Violet and Camila are best friend. Camila has a crush on Max, Katie Roses neighbor. When Camila is invited to Max's house and ends up squishing Stewy, Max's hamster. Camila feels really bad and hides and skips school. Meanwhile, Violet and Yasamen and Katie Rose are having their own problems.Violet is having to deal with her mother who is in a mental home. Yasamen and Katie Rose are having some friendship troubles over a girl named Natalia...more
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This is a book for children in grades 4-6 to enjoy due to the use of blogging and the maturity of the narration. In this book, the Flower Friends Forever, Katie Rose, Camilla, Violet, and Yasaman are four fifth graders who don’t have much in common besides their flower names and their love for each other. With the start of their fifth grade year, Katie Rose had posted an invite via their blog page luvyabunches.com so the four of them could discuss an urgent issue-the evil Cheezy D’lites. The gir...more
Violet In Bloom in my opinion would be a good book for fifth graders. The book is written about a group of ffith graders and focuses on the drama and hardships that people go through at that age. Therefore, I believe fifth grade readers would be able to relate to it and bettering there chances of sticking with it. While I enjoyed the reading and found it entertaining, I also found it somewhat predictable. The whole book led up to this huge catastrophy at the end. The plot was good and the storyl...more
Violet in Bloom is about another adventure that the FFF'S (Flow Friends Forever) endure. Violet, Katie-rose, Camila (Milla), and Yasmin are back for another heart breaking, fun, and outrageous time in 5th grade. Yasmin comes up with a great idea that she posts on her blog (LuvYaBunches.com) and all the girls like but Katy-rose takes it a little too far when Natalia comes into the picture. Camila thinks she is doing things right with her crush Max, but something goes wrong and it devastates her....more
So . . . I just got off the phone with Lauren Myracle after she did a Book Club chat for the organization I work with, so I might be just a teensy bit biased by her awesomeness. But, I probably would have given this book four stars (or at least a very high three) anyway.
I always think of Lauren as a Modern Day Judy Blume for the way she captures authentic adolescent girls' concerns and voice, although I think she's a touch more fun than Judy Blume (Judy Blume, I still love you!). This book, the...more
I always think of Lauren as a Modern Day Judy Blume for the way she captures authentic adolescent girls' concerns and voice, although I think she's a touch more fun than Judy Blume (Judy Blume, I still love you!). This book, the...more
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Violet in Bloom follows the 5th grade stories of the flower friends; Milla, Katie-Rose, Yasaman, and Violet. All dealing with problems in their lives. It's a good thing their flower pals will be there forever. Their site that Yasaman created is just blooming but will the girls survive what happens when the soil of their flower box is shaken? All their problems somehow, indirectly relate to a guy. It could be their dad, a crush, or an annoying pair of classmates who can't seem to do the chicken d...more
Katie-Rose, Violet, Milla, and Yasaman are back for another round of blogging, videos, chats and text messages. This time they face the problems jealousy, a mentally ill parent, crushes, hamster death and a fight for healthier food. All while trying to stay friends.
Myracle once again proves she has an ear for the voices of the tween set. She also knows how to integrate new technology into her writing without it being a gimmick. These two facts make up for the fact that the story takes a bit to g...more
Myracle once again proves she has an ear for the voices of the tween set. She also knows how to integrate new technology into her writing without it being a gimmick. These two facts make up for the fact that the story takes a bit to g...more
Violet In Bloom by Lauren Myracle was a realistic fiction book about four best friends, Milla, Violet, Katie-Rose, and Yasaman, and about their ups and downs during the fifth grade. Milla has a crush on Max, Katie-Rose’s neighbor, and accidentally kills his hamster. Violet is trying to cope with the fact that her mom is in a mental home, and Katie-Rose and Yasaman are fighting because of a classmate, Natalia. Meanwhile, the girls are launching a “Snack Attack” mission to help their school get he...more
As with the prequel to this book, the author accurately portrays typical tween drama with heart, including friendship troubles, insecurities, fears, crushes, teamwork, and the importance of being yourself. Girls will relate to these issues and speed through this fun and easy read. Diversity is celebrated, as each of the four girls are of a different race (African-American, Asian, Caucasian, and Middle-Eastern), and each has her own ...(click for the full review http://www.storysnoops.com/detail....more
Lauren Myracle's books are highly rated by readers and critics alike, but I am not overly impressed with her books. This book was written (the readering level, and the way that the characters spoke) for a pretty young age. Id say third or fourth grade. But it also delt with some pretty heavy issues. So it is a bit difficult to know what age to recommend this book to. However, think book was, in my opinon a HUGE imprevment to TTYL.
It's easy to look at this series and say the diversity is forced, or too easy, but at the same time, it's just nice to see such diversity in a middle grade book. And forced or not, it's worth it, because Myracle has created four distinct and wonderful characters, each with their own credits and their own faults, and the best thing I can say is that I can see a little bit of myself in each one of them and their struggles.
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This book was really good to me, because it was about 4 girls name VIOLET,KATIE-ROSE,CAMILLA,YASAMAN. The reason why i like this book because it is a type of book that is good for you and to me it was exellent. and each chapter it has their name and through the whole chapter it's talking about them and it's interesting that's why i like it.
Aug 09, 2012
Chloe
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Recommends it for:
Girls aged 8-12 who hate boringness, enemies, and Cheesy D'Lites!
Recommended to Chloe by:
New Moon Magazine(www.newmoon.com)-The best magazine ever!
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Do you have 4 bff's that are always by your side? Or atleast you think they are. Do they ever be mean or rude to you? Well if they have this book would be great for you!! In the book there is also something called a snack attack. You have to read the book to see what that is all about. :)
What I loved about this book is that it captures the voice of a fifth grader so accurately. I could connect to a lot of the characters and thought "Hey! I was totally like that in fifth grade!" i I really enjoyed reading this book. Please wrote another, Lauren Myracle!!!!
I think this book was a great book for pre teens and late elementary aged girls. It explores interesting topics and keeps the reader engaged. I enjoy how technology is incorporated with the use of blogs in the book and laptops.
I thought this was a very... uh.. creative(?) book. I liked it because it was about a group of four "Flower Friends" who are in the fifth grade. They're fighting for the right of "skipping trans-fatty food/snacks at school". Read the book to find out what I mean!!!!!!
~ COUNTS AS TWO BOOKS @ 384 PAGES ~
~ COUNTS AS TWO BOOKS @ 384 PAGES ~
It was so fun to jump back into fifth grade with Milla, Violet, Katie-Rose and Yasaman! I absolutely loved the first book in this series, Luv Ya Bunches. There was lots of drama in this book but Myracle deals with it all in a way that's endearing and age-appropriate. I hope the next book has lots more FFF (Flower Friends Forever!) hijinks and lessons about friendship.
This book is about 4 best friends. Each are named after flowers, which bonds them together. They are happy with life, but they want to help the world be a better place. So, they first attack the unhealthy food from school. Then they go out of their way to help the strange boy. Can they make the world a better place?
I found this a reallllly strange book. It was intresting, though. The first/wierdest thing was when one of the girls squished a hamster with her boot. I had to read that sectoin twi...more
I found this a reallllly strange book. It was intresting, though. The first/wierdest thing was when one of the girls squished a hamster with her boot. I had to read that sectoin twi...more
Maybe not *quite* as awesome as the first, but I love how Lauren Myracle does not shy away from the hard stuff, even in a cute fluffy book like this. I will continue to follow the series :)
I liked this book. I found it in powells and picked it up because it had a fun cover. Well, that was the first one and i liked that one to, so i read this one which is the second one.
OH, how I <3 this series!!!! 4 girls who all have both good and bad things going on in their 5th grade lives. Acknowledges how hard the age is, while still pointing to the parts where there is joy. I wish I could have read this when I was 10! Tween-ness handled with sensitivity, respect, and HUMOR. A supportive, safe series for girls struggling with being THAT age.
I loved this book. It's a great book for girls that are in grade and junior high. I like all the girls- Milla, Katie-Rose, Violet and Yasaman! So cute! Got to read!
I liked this book a lot. I haven't read it in a while, but I do remember how much I enjoyed it. I think that the cover is also very cute by the way.
OMG! i hart it! just as good as #1 but i dont like natalia! she's ugly. fizza that line was for u. I HART THE MYRACLE WORKER
I enjoyed this book through the mindset of a preteen. This book focuses on difficulties with friendships which can be prevalent in schools. I would recommend this for girls between the ages of 9-13 but all ages might enjoy. The chapters a short and to the point for the most part which makes it easier, in my opinion, to read. I thought this book was interesting in the character development, and I also really liked that their was something unique and diverse about each character. (Gay moms, Muslim...more
Liked it, maybe better than the first since now all the girls are bff's.
i liked this book because it's about 4 girls learning and working together.
this book is as awesome as the first book the FFF's are so awesoooooome!:D
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Lauren Myracle is the author of numerous young adult novels. She was born in 1969 in North Carolina. Lauren Myracle holds an MA in English from Colorado State University and an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College. she has written many novels, including the famous IM books, ttyl, ttfn, and l8r, g8r.
Her first novel, Kissing Kate, was selected as one of ALA's "Best Books...more
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