Title: The Education of Margot Sanchez
Author: Lilliam Rivera
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, #OwnVoices
Published: February 21, 2017 by Simon & Schuster (who provided this delighted blogger with a review copy! Yay! This does not affect the honesty of my review.)
Pretty in Pink comes to the South Bronx in this bold and romantic coming-of-age novel about dysfunctional families, good and bad choices, and finding the courage to question everything you ever thought you wantedâfrom debut author Lilliam Rivera.
THINGS/PEOPLE MARGOT HATES:
Mami, for destroying my social life
Papi, for allowing Junior to become a Neanderthal
Junior, for becoming a Neanderthal
This supermarket
Everyone elseAfter âborrowingâ her father’s credit card to finance a more stylish wardrobe, Margot
Sanchez suddenly finds herself grounded. And by grounded, she means working as an indentured servant in her familyâs struggling grocery store to pay off her debts.With each order of deli meat she slices, Margot can feel her carefully cultivated prep school reputation slipping through her fingers, and sheâs willing to do anything to get out of this punishment. Lie, cheat, and maybe even stealâŚ
Margotâs invitation to the ultimate beach party is within reach and she has no intention of letting her familyâs drama or Moisesâthe admittedly good looking but outspoken boy from the neighborhoodâkeep her from her goal.