Girl Power meets Goodness Gracious Me!
Three fun-loving Anglo-Asian sisters rule the roost since their mom died. They’ve got a reputat... read full description
Three fun-loving Anglo-Asian sisters rule the roost since their mom died. They’ve got a reputat... read full description
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Jun 03, 2011
Vixenne
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Even as the demographics of this country are slowly shifting, the YA genre has been almost criminally slow to embrace the changing face of America (as well as other places around the world). Worse, the constant instances of whitewashing covers proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that publishers are still being dictated to by a small backwards contingent of people who more than likely don't even read. Also most novels featuring characters of color tend to be heavy-handed socio-politcal treatises
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Aug 26, 2010
Meagan
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This book is nice and pleasant, but beyond the details of Indian culture there's not much here that's extra-special. The story follows three sisters of Indian heritage living in England who have recently lost their mother. Their father, in his grief, has also withdrawn, leaving the three girls with a lot of freedom and the belief that they're doing just fine. Until their Indian auntie comes to watch over them, that is.
Most of this book end up being a fairly humorous account of how More...
Most of this book end up being a fairly humorous account of how More...
Jul 05, 2010
Erin
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The three Dhillon sisters are a bit fluffy, but exactly the kind of girls I would have wanted to read about in upper elementary and middle school. These three sisters get on each others' nerves, but always have each others' backs when something goes wrong. Their mother passed away last year, and now, just when things are settling down again, their Auntie comes from India to care for them and their Dad. These sisters have problems that make your heart ache - not the fact that Amber doesn't get
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Dec 11, 2011
There are three Dhillon Amber, Jazz, and Geena. The girls are in shock after their mom’s death and are being raised by their dad. The girls are spoiled rotten and their dad buys them whatever they want. They are the envy of all the girls at school because they have everything nice. Things change when the girl’s aunt comes to live with them from India. She comes to stay to help their dad raise them. The aunt doesn’t think the girls should be so spoiled and get everything they want. The gi
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Aug 30, 2009
Phair
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Blah. This tries to be a bit like Louise Rennison's kooky Georgia Nicholson books what with the friends, odd nicknames & goings-on at school. I had expected a more compelling look at British/Indian culture with conflict between the more Indian ways of Auntie and the modern English life of the girls. But there really wasn't enough to make this a useful multicultural reading experience and it seemed far too British to have strong appeal for American kids. I'm not sure teachers would be looking a
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Jan 31, 2011
Kathryn
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An quick and enjoyable middle-grade read. Sisters Amber, Jazz, and Geena have worked hard to look and behave perfect ever since the death of their mother, and while they've been busy showing the world how well they're coping, their father has bought them everything they ask for but spent nearly all his time at work. Everything changes, though, when their aunt comes from India to live with them. As Auntie tries to reestablish a normal family life--complete with rules and spending limits--the girl
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Dec 29, 2008
Diane
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Another book on tape. I read this while wrapping Christmas presents. Three girls and a father, an Indian family in London, have buried their grief respectively in being cool, perfect kids and living at the office. Enter the aunt from India and the showdown begins between the girls who want to maintain their image and shopping habits and the aunt who wants to help them face their loss. The showdowns escalate and the end is satisfying. My only wish is that I hadn't read the book jacket which
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Oct 09, 2007
Debbie
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Grade 4-7–Amber (10), Jazz (11), and Geena (13), three Indian sisters, live with their father in England. On the surface, they are perfect students who dress in perfect clothes and get along perfectly with each other. In reality, the girls are missing one big element in their lives, their mom. Ever since her death the year before, their father has indulged his daughters' every material wish, but is rarely at home. That suddenly changes when he invites his sister from India to live with them. The
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Aug 07, 2011
Neill
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Geena, Amber, and Jazz are pretty, popular, smart, and well-behaved. They have coped as well as possible since their mother died and they got everything they wanted from a father who kept working hard to make up for their loss. Then Auntie arrives from India altering their seemingly perfect lifestyle and begins to give them what they need – and they have to fight back. Funny and poignant this is a modest introduction to Indian culture.
Jan 29, 2011
Angie
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The sisters in this novel are very interesting characters. They act in very realistic ways, whether it is dealing with the death of their mother, the arrival of their aunt or friends at school. However, I thought the conflict was resolved entirely too quickly and easily. The sisters spend the entire book trying to get rid of their aunt and then decide they want her to stay in the last 10 pages. I would have liked a slower transition.
Apr 19, 2011
Liz
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Bindi Babes is a very cute story about three fabulous sisters whow are super cool at their school. At the same time they are dealing with the emotions of the passing of their mother. The father brings in their strict aunt from India who turns their world upside down. The "Bindi Babes" definitely have a few ideas of their own for how they will handle this situation.
Jun 30, 2010
Kate
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This was a very lightweight read. Three Indians sisters - Geena, Amber, and Jazz - work hard to maintain their perfect facade. Since their mother died a year ago, they have the run of the house and their father wrapped around their little fingers. But their Dad invited their aunt to stay to take care of the three girls, and soon they are plotting ways to get Auntie to leave, including marrying her off.
I found Auntie to be a much more likeable character than the three sisters, who More...
I found Auntie to be a much more likeable character than the three sisters, who More...
Aug 05, 2008
Fiction. Sisters Geena, Ambajit (Amber), and Jazvinder (Jazz) are smart, popular, and lavishly indulged by their hard-working, often absent dad--even more so since their mother's death a year ago. The girls try to put up a brave, cheerful, perfectly-together front (while privately grieving), and their dad constantly buys them designer clothes and expensive sneakers. But things start to change when their father's sister moves from India to their England home to run the household and look after th
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Aug 28, 2009
shruti
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While I appreciated that this book didn't devolve into lots of Indian stereotypes, I also didn't see much to love about the main characters either. Perhaps this is TOO young for my YA category, as the main characters are 11, 14 and 15.
Oct 20, 2009
Maria
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What I learned from this book is that you need to give people a second chance. When we meet people, we don't always like them at first, but when we give them a second chance they turn out to be different from what you thought.
Apr 10, 2011
Brett
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Amber Dhillon & her two sisters are the most popular girls in school, but they decide something has to be done when their interfering Auntie from India moves in to help out. In the process, they must all come to terms with their mother's death. A fun, light read that middle-grade girls will enjoy, with some serious issues mixed in as well.
Mar 18, 2009
Bcoghill
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Good fun. Narinder will go on my list of books to pick up every now & again. Sort of what they call beach reads except the beaches where I live tend to rather wind swept and cold.
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Jun 23, 2009
Magda
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Most children's books do not have quite the character flaw in the protagonist(s) as this one. I am not sure whether I like that or not, but I definitely enjoyed the book.
Apr 25, 2008
Carissa
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i have to say i was a little put off by the cocky attitude of the main character in this story. she treats all adults like idiots and the rest of her school like she’s (and her sisters are) the best thing that’s ever happened there. i guess that by the end, she’s realized that adults are more sharp than she gives them credit, but it’s sort of too little, too late. it was refreshing to read a “multicultural” book that wasn’t about underprivileged characters or all focused on the culture struggle.
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Jul 08, 2008
Allison
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Three sisters, Amber, Geena, and Jazz, try to be perfect at everything so that no one will know that they are grieving for their mother, who recently died. When their aunt comes from India to help their father raise them, they decide to take matters into their own hands. By observing their own relatives, it becomes clear to them that the only way to get rid of her is to marry her off. Chaos insues.
This book actually turned out to be not so bad after the first couple chapters. The More...
This book actually turned out to be not so bad after the first couple chapters. The More...
Oct 27, 2011
I loved this book, altough it is sad. It would be great to use because everyone has lost somebody. I got it from the IUS Library.
Aug 28, 2011
Zakiyya
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The book was a bit too cliche. However, their humour and mischievous plans kept me reading till the end.
Dec 20, 2011
Bethe
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don't know if the anglicisms will be too much for the middle grade crowd
Oct 20, 2009
Aaliyah
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THIS book is cool and funnii! i read this in 6th grade n couldnt put it down!
Jun 20, 2009
Bookworm
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Love these books: they're fun and cute, with a great dose of family!
