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Artichoke Hearts

Artichoke Hearts

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This is a classic "coming of age" book, in which various rites-of-passage are experienced by Mira, the 12 year old protagonist. The bits I didn't like were to do with the romance (because I really can't see a twelve year old boy being that romantic, not because there was anything wrong with how it was written) and there was just a lot going on. Sita Brahmachari has certainly made her mark in children’s fiction and I look forward to reading her next book.

She was very down to earth, especially with what her character was going through, and her thoughts about her experiences were something every reader should relate to in some way. If that weren't enough to deal with, things are a bit awkward with her best friend, she's getting bullied at school, she's about to have her first period, and her beloved Nana is dying. I loved her relationship with colorful, opinionated, artistic and occasionally deeply insensitive Nana Josie, who is dying of cancer but determined to "die well" - a process which includes painting her own coffin, with Meera's help. The only parts that tugged my heartstrings were parts when I compared the ugliness of my various grandparents' deaths with this idealized grandmother. She wasn’t about to let anyone tell her no when she wanted to do something and had such a strong personality.This book is diverse with many of its characters from Mira and her family who are Indian-Jewish and range from Mira's dark skin and brown hair to Krish's blonde hair and blue eyes. Mira's long friendship with Millie appears challenged, but this empathetic account of the process of bereavement, a month’s diary, reassures readers that we grow from our experiences, however painful they are.

What I really liked about Mira was that she was very in touch with who she was, even though she really didn’t show it to many people. Nana Josie's way of seeing life is not simple, but, in an extraordinary way, it seems to make a kind of joy seep through the book even when the themes are very sad.I loved the relationship between Mira and Nana Josie, who still dresses in a hippy style as it suits her and who has spent a lifetime protesting against injustice. This is a beautiful book full of emotion and is about growing up and the challenges that come with it. However it was a brave attempt to deal with many sensitive issues and I think many teenagers will enjoy the book. The journal turns out to be the perfect place for Mira to work out her feelings about Jidé, Millie, and the impending death of her beloved Nana Josie. It’s still not my favourite book, but for me, it definitely improved a great deal and I warmed to Mira a lot more – at first I thought she moaned a bit too much about her life and that it wasn't really ‘spinning out of control’ as proclaimed, but I soon warmed to her, and began to appreciate what she was going through, especially having gone through similar experiences myself.

But you see when Jidé and Mira talk and all ITs jUSt CHEESY and BORING its almost like a fake love conversation.

Sita was born in Derby in 1966, to an Indian doctor from Kolkata and an English nurse from the Lake District.

You could tell when Mira was really comfortable with someone, like her Nana, because then you got to see a really special side to her.Artichoke Hearts is a funny, tender and realistic book for readers 9-14 who enjoy real stories about real kids. Whoever you are and wherever you live, I think that a lot of people will be able to connect with her. But I think even though I think it’s important to not scare the living crap out of kids about things like this, it is of equal importance to not wrap them in cotton wool and dumb things down so they are condescending. Told from 12 year old Mira's point of view, Artichoke Hearts is a coming of age story focusing on a young girl's thoughts and feelings as she waits for her grandmother to die.



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