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“I just love this book so far! Her life is so hard but it is amazing to read and learn. I think that while she is overcomeing all of these problems she to is learning something very important about life: youve got to go through bad times to understand the good times.”
Aurora R wrote this review Saturday, November 21 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“It is a really good book. I strongly reccomend”
Jessica G wrote this review Tuesday, November 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This book is filled with drama,love of music,and adveture. Very descriptive i felt like I was in her shoes. I love it!”
Leslie A wrote this review Tuesday, November 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This book is amazingggg!
Lia N wrote this review Tuesday, November 3 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Totally FRIGGEN loved it. Its superrr intense!”
“Very good book, it made me cry everytime I opened the book.”
Julz wrote this review Thursday, October 15 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“First couple of chapters it was hard for me to get into because of the dialect, but then the story line kept me going. It blows me away that Janie/Leshaya, being raised in foster care and living with drug dealers, was so immature and naive. This was a good book and it does have a great message.”
Scrapper wrote this review Wednesday, September 30 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“a friend of mine is reading it and she says its an addicting book for sure :] i think it'll be a great read.”
Poersché B wrote this review Tuesday, September 22 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Born Blue is an emotional story about the lives of two girls named Janie and Leshaya who are very different but still suffer from similar issues. Janie has to go through life with a mother who is a heroin addict, usually Janie was neglected by her mother, left to survive on her own. Because of her mother's negligence which put Janie in a dangerous situation. Janie is put into a foster home. Janie becomes best friends with her foster brother Harmon and Doris a social worker. Both of her to friends are African American, Janie a blonde, blue eyed girl starts to adapt black culture. Janie falls in love with the blues and Black artists, she realizes she wants to sing this type of music which becomes her new love. Leshaya also suffers from a hard life, needing money and a home. Like Janie she starts to sing jazz and falls in love. She becomes pregnant at 16, but later she realizes her baby would have a better life without her and moves on to better her life.
KIMBERLY C wrote this review Wednesday, June 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Born Blue was one of the most emotional books I have ever read and although it could be very depressing it teaches you to appreciate the life you have and your parents. I recommend this book to people who like books with a lot of drama and serious issues some teenagers face, bigger than just high school issues and boyfriend issues. This book deals with two different girls that suffer from abandonment and issues with family, drugs. But that all goes away when they are singing jazz. I really liked this book and I think more books should focus on bigger, deeper issues like this book. ”
“I could not put this book down. It is by far one of the best books I have EVER read.”
Sage g wrote this review Friday, May 1 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“It is amazing what she went through and I highly recommend reading this fantastic book!!!!!!!!”
Margaret B wrote this review Tuesday, March 31 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
