Our philosophy is simple: Promote a latte-colored world! —from the Latte Rebellion Manifesto
When high school senior Asha Jamis...
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May 16, 2011
Diane
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I tried to like this one, but after 100 pages I just didn't care about Asha, Carrie or their cause. In real-time, Asha's facing the school board at an expulsion hearing for her work organizing and promoting the latte rebellion-or the positive qualities of mixed race people. The trouble for me is that the real cause, for the vast majority of the book, is selling enough latte rebellion t-shirts to fund a vacation with her friends. In the end, I didn't read on to discover if Asha's rebellion morphe
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Feb 21, 2012
Julie
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I didn't finish this. The narration of this spunky protagonist was amusing and could've kept me interested, but the book wasn't what I expected. Based on the back cover, I thought I'd be able to relate to this passionate high school student who tries to do something idealistic and profound (meet my high school self). Her project gains momentum, goes viral, she can no longer control its impact, and she then gets busted. This sounded like a successful version of me as a teen (whose projects n
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Oct 19, 2011
Kelly
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3.5.
I really liked what the story did here, but I don't think that the execution worked as strongly as it could have, and I pit that on Asha. At the beginning of the story, she's into the entire idea of selling shirts to make money for a vacation with best friend Carey. She sticks with this plan and mentality for a long, long time, even when secondary characters suggest she pursue the Latte Rebellion as something much stronger and more significant. But it's too little too late for he More...
I really liked what the story did here, but I don't think that the execution worked as strongly as it could have, and I pit that on Asha. At the beginning of the story, she's into the entire idea of selling shirts to make money for a vacation with best friend Carey. She sticks with this plan and mentality for a long, long time, even when secondary characters suggest she pursue the Latte Rebellion as something much stronger and more significant. But it's too little too late for he More...
Sep 30, 2011
Irene
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BOOK REVIEW
THE LATTE REBELLION, BY SARAH JAMILA STEVENSON, FLUX, LLEWELLYN WORDLDWIDE LTD., WOODBURY, MINNESOTA, 2011
TYPE: YOUNG ADULT
High School Senior Asha gets tired of racial slurs and being excluded from ethnic clubs at school because she doesn’t fit neatly into one category. After all, lots of students at her school have heritage from more than one continent. In fact, they’re just plain brown, like most people on earth.
The Latte Rebellion starts as More...
THE LATTE REBELLION, BY SARAH JAMILA STEVENSON, FLUX, LLEWELLYN WORDLDWIDE LTD., WOODBURY, MINNESOTA, 2011
TYPE: YOUNG ADULT
High School Senior Asha gets tired of racial slurs and being excluded from ethnic clubs at school because she doesn’t fit neatly into one category. After all, lots of students at her school have heritage from more than one continent. In fact, they’re just plain brown, like most people on earth.
The Latte Rebellion starts as More...
Apr 17, 2011
Asha Jamison’s classmates are quick to categorize her. She is called both a “towelhead” and “barely Asian.” Asha and her best friend Carey have a harder time describing their own ethnicities. Asha is part Indian, part Mexican, and part Irish, while Carey is half Chinese and half Caucasian. When they begin describing themselves as lattes—a mix of coffee and milk—they start brainstorming ways to distribute their idea to other multiethnic teens and coffee lovers. The Latte Rebellion is born, first
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Jan 18, 2011
Michelle
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This was my first choice for the 2011 Debut Author Challenge hosted by The Story Siren. I picked it because I needed something quick and I knew Amazon would have it on my doorstep just in time for me to have something to read at work.
The Latte Rebellion centers around Asha, a high school senior of mixed race who, with her friends Carey and Miranda (also mixed-race), launch a website to sell "Latte Rebellion" t-shirts in hopes of raising enough money to go on vacation after gradua More...
The Latte Rebellion centers around Asha, a high school senior of mixed race who, with her friends Carey and Miranda (also mixed-race), launch a website to sell "Latte Rebellion" t-shirts in hopes of raising enough money to go on vacation after gradua More...
Apr 06, 2011
Doret
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Best friends Asha Jamison and Carey Wong, senior year and friendship are threatened after an inappropriate joke at a pool party. Roger Yee, a classmates calls Asha a towel head. Asha and Carey are tired of the misconception and inappropriate remarks of their peers.
"The heat rose behind my cheeks, my head filling with any number of things I could tell her. Carey is not Japanese. And J. Lo. is not from Mexico - she's a Puerto Rican American. This is not even close to the same thin More...
"The heat rose behind my cheeks, my head filling with any number of things I could tell her. Carey is not Japanese. And J. Lo. is not from Mexico - she's a Puerto Rican American. This is not even close to the same thin More...
Feb 08, 2011
Eva
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I'm at a loss as to how to review this. I read it in about a day which, right now for me, is really good. YA is still a fairly new genre for me even though I'm reading more than ever before.
When I read the description for this on a friends blog I was curious but wasn't sure I'd like it. To be honest I don't like the title at all. I "get" the title. But I still don't like it.
As for the characters, I have to disagree with the reviewers who hated Asha because of how she acte More...
When I read the description for this on a friends blog I was curious but wasn't sure I'd like it. To be honest I don't like the title at all. I "get" the title. But I still don't like it.
As for the characters, I have to disagree with the reviewers who hated Asha because of how she acte More...
Feb 04, 2011
Jan
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The Latte Rebellion by Sarah Jamila Stevenson is an offbeat contemporary coming of age novel that I found both engaging and conceptually noteworthy in plot, characterization, and theme.
From the beginning when Asha and Carey, two smart and academically driven seniors, decide to sell T-shirts as a way to raise money for a much needed summer vacation, I was caught up in their money making scheme. I loved how Stevenson used lattes as a metaphor for her mixed-race protagonists and how she More...
From the beginning when Asha and Carey, two smart and academically driven seniors, decide to sell T-shirts as a way to raise money for a much needed summer vacation, I was caught up in their money making scheme. I loved how Stevenson used lattes as a metaphor for her mixed-race protagonists and how she More...
Jan 10, 2011
Akoss
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I will describe "The Latte Rebellion" as a Contemporary YA novel, which brings into focus the feeling and notion of being of a mixed ethnicity. That was one of the reasons why I was so exited to read it and find out more about the "rebellion".
It was a great read.
I will make no mystery about how it all started: slow. If you are one of those readers (like me) who have been spoiled with a strong hook from the start of a story, you may need a little bit of patie More...
It was a great read.
I will make no mystery about how it all started: slow. If you are one of those readers (like me) who have been spoiled with a strong hook from the start of a story, you may need a little bit of patie More...
Jul 03, 2011
Zanzarr
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This book (and also this review) was refreshing. Lately I've read far too many depressingly dull, tiringly rigid YA novels for comfort. I've written far too many bad reviews to find any encouragement as a writer myself. But The Latte Rebellion did not disappoint and for that I am grateful. Sarah Jamila Stevenson managed a great, well paced plot; realistic characters; and believable relationships all in one try. I loved Asha, the heroine of this breath-taking novel, for her intelligence, determin
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Jan 15, 2011
Read it almost entirely in one sitting. Sarah tackles a lot of issues and themes--forming identity, bullying, mob psychology, parental expectations vs. real life--in a book that doesn't feel weighted down. Asha is a smart, lively, and sympathetic narrator, even when you kind of want to give her a little shake to help her make better decisions, and the plot keeps the reader guessing. I found myself really surprised at the way things turned out. Also, I like the way Sarah asks the question of whet
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May 25, 2011
Andrea Jean
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Aug 14, 2011
Sian
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What I liked best about this novel was the voice. I was delighted at how genuine, rather than gimmicky, the voice was. It felt like the voice of a teenager, a smart teenager, who was trying to find her way, figure out her place, her future. I even found myself being frustrated at moments with how she didn't know something yet, and then my more compassionate self would say calmly to me, Yes, you were just like her, weren't you? I absolutely was. What I'm saying is, the novel captures too well wha
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Jan 24, 2011
BookChic
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This is one hell of a debut- it's smart, well-written at a good pace, and also fun. The story starts with the incident that starts the Latte Rebellion and then shifts to the following year after things get out of hand and Asha is at the disciplinary hearing. Each chapter is like this- the majority of it starting in the summer and going chronologically with a few pages at the end taking place at the disciplinary hearing the following April. In the last 60 pages or so, the story catches up and we
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Jan 22, 2011
Tara
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I was really excited to read this book because of the topic it tackles. Racism and prejudice are always taboo subjects, and I highly applaud the author for tackling these important issues. While I did enjoy the book overall, it fell a bit short for me in some areas.
I enjoyed reading about Asha’s journey creating and managing The Latte Rebellion. My heart went out to her throughout the book while she dealt with the racial slurs and other terrible things people would say. I think what ma More...
I enjoyed reading about Asha’s journey creating and managing The Latte Rebellion. My heart went out to her throughout the book while she dealt with the racial slurs and other terrible things people would say. I think what ma More...
Jul 22, 2011
Erin
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I thought this book would be really good--kind of a Ally Carter/Frankie Landeau Banks sort of book, but I just had trouble getting into it and thought it was kind of preachy. Essentially, a few friends decide to start a mixed-race club at school which they start underground called the Latte Rebellion. It gets beyond the school into the public and gets out of hand. The story alternates between a hearing in the present to decide whether the main character should get kicked out of school and the pa
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Feb 28, 2011
Angela
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As someone who helped start a social justice club in her own high school (a gay-straight alliance in my case), I was definitely excited going into this book, and could sympathize with a lot of the struggles Asha and Carey face as the Latte Rebellion grows from fun money-making scheme to nationally-recognized movement (okay, my little club never quite went that far).
While overall a strong and poignant look at the way goals and friendships can change in the face of life-altering events More...
While overall a strong and poignant look at the way goals and friendships can change in the face of life-altering events More...
Jan 16, 2011
Medeia
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Multiracial Asha Jamison is called a "towel head" at a party. Deeply offended, she desires to combine two things: spreading ethnic awareness and saving money for a trip to England. A t-shirt business can make these goals possible. Asha and her friends create a Latte Rebellion website and sell t-shirts promoting brown people. An innocent business at first, things get out of control when they're accused of terrorism. Asha has to face poor grades, losing her best friend, and the poss
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Jan 30, 2011
Nikki (Wicked Awesome Books)
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When Asha, a soon-to-be senior, gets called a towel head at the local community pool because she is: A) part Indian and B) has a beach towel on her head, she realizes the inequities that continue to abound in her world. On a whim and a joke, Asha and her best friend Carey conspire to create t-shirts to sell with The Latte Rebellion printed on them. The girls love lattes and joke that they themselves are lattes – the more ingredients, the better! Their money-making venture spins out of control an
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Jan 03, 2011
Kwinks
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After hanging with the vampires, angels, and what-have-you I decided I was excited to read a DARING contemporary read. This was not it. The back promised a shake up of the world of people who did not recognize people of color. The title promised a "rebellion". The word terrorist was thrown around in the first few pages-whoo, I thought, "This one will be a thought provoking, discussion starting blaze of a novel!" Nope.
The main problem here, for me, was Asha. I d More...
Dec 19, 2011
Brandi
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3.5 stars
It took me a while to get interested in The Latte Rebellion. I'm not sure I can pinpoint the reason, but it was slow going there for a while. When I read the synopsis on the back I was sure that this was a book I would love (I'm really interested in novels that address social issues) so I was surprised to find it took me so long to get through it. Eventually I got more invested in the story (about 3/4 of the way through) and by the end I felt overall it was an enjoyable read. More...
It took me a while to get interested in The Latte Rebellion. I'm not sure I can pinpoint the reason, but it was slow going there for a while. When I read the synopsis on the back I was sure that this was a book I would love (I'm really interested in novels that address social issues) so I was surprised to find it took me so long to get through it. Eventually I got more invested in the story (about 3/4 of the way through) and by the end I felt overall it was an enjoyable read. More...
Aug 05, 2011
Laura (booksnob)
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"Is your complexion the color of a latte? A Cappuccino? Perhaps an Expresso? Have people called you Cinnamon, Caramel, Olive...or just plain Brown? Do you love to drink coffee? Help further the cause of Brown people in America!" Join The Latte Rebellion! (pg.28)
Asha and Carey love Latte's and want to go on a trip after high school. They have absolutely zero cash and they decide to sell T-Shirts and promote The Latte Rebellion at their high school to pay for their trip. More...
Asha and Carey love Latte's and want to go on a trip after high school. They have absolutely zero cash and they decide to sell T-Shirts and promote The Latte Rebellion at their high school to pay for their trip. More...
Oct 21, 2011
Aimee
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I really wanted to like "The Latte Rebellion", but the book just didn't do it for me. I originally got into the book thinking it would be an interesting read about girls banding together to make a difference in the world, but there seemed to be very little of this. It didn't really bother me that Asha and Carey's plan stemmed from a marketing scheme to help them plan a summer trip, the fact that they did believe in what they were putting on the shirts made it okay for me. What I did
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Jun 16, 2011
Madigan
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After an offhand racist remark from one of her classmates, high-school senior Asha Jamison decides to start a school club for mixed race students. She is part Indian, part Mexican and part Irish and tired of feeling pulled in multiple directions.
I was surprised when school administrators blocked her efforts to create a multi-cultural club at school. They already sponsor an Asian-American club, and several other clubs to support specific ethnic groups. I was mystified that they'd choos More...
I was surprised when school administrators blocked her efforts to create a multi-cultural club at school. They already sponsor an Asian-American club, and several other clubs to support specific ethnic groups. I was mystified that they'd choos More...
Feb 23, 2011
Clementine
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Asha Jamison and her best friend Carey Wong want to go on a trip after they graduate from high school. Both girls are model students, on track for acceptance into great colleges, and they feel like they deserve a break. In order to fund their theoretical vacation, they come up with a business plan to sell t-shirts advertising The Latte Rebellion--a simple idea that asks people who come from mixed race backgrounds to stand up and be proud of their skin and their backgrounds. What starts as a s
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Feb 13, 2012
Mrs.Heise
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Review originally posted on Heise Reads & Recommends
I'm feeling a little bit mixed about this book. There are things I liked. I liked the premise with the social action elements related to mixed race students wanting others to be more accepting of them and acknowledging their uniqueness. I liked the strength of character Asha gains through the course of her senior year as she learns more about becoming involved in causes and staying true to oneself. I liked that she learned to speak More...
I'm feeling a little bit mixed about this book. There are things I liked. I liked the premise with the social action elements related to mixed race students wanting others to be more accepting of them and acknowledging their uniqueness. I liked the strength of character Asha gains through the course of her senior year as she learns more about becoming involved in causes and staying true to oneself. I liked that she learned to speak More...
Dec 30, 2010
Amanda
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The Latte Rebellion opens with the main character, Asha, dozing off while sunbathing at the Inter-Club Council party. From the sound of things, it’s been a decent, if not fantastic, day. Then Roger Yee has to go run off his mouth and call her a towel head. This event spurs Asha and her best friend, Carey, to begin the Latte Rebellion. What starts out as a money-making scheme to fund their summer vacation plans turns into a nationwide fad. The time and effort Asha puts into the Rebellion causes h
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Dec 30, 2010
Melissa (i swim for oceans)
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The Latte Rebellion follows Asha Jamison, your ordinary teenage girl with extraordinary dreams that finds herself at the bad end of a racial slur during a pool party. When one of her fellow classmates calls her a “towel-head,” Asha and her friend Carey dream up something they call “The Latte Rebellion.” A group formed for all those who don’t quite fit into a single ethnic background, Asha decides to capitalize on the idea to make a little money on the side…but she had no idea that The Latte Rebe
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Jan 29, 2011
Ari
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don't usually mind slow starts in contemporary novels and this one was no exception. I liked getting the backstory and feeling completely immersed in Asha's world, I was satisfied with the little everyday details. I would warn you though that it takes awhile for the actual rebellion to start but stick with the book. I was a bit peeved at how some characters emerged for a chapter and then faded away, only to be called again a few chapters later. Thad and Bridget were both brought into the story
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