Overview
If Cyd Charisse knows one thing,
it's that Shrimp is her true love.
Shrimp, the hottest pint-size surfer-artist in San Francisco. That boy (as her mother called him), who was the primary cause of Cyd's being grounded to Alcatraz, formerly known as her room. The boy who dumped Cyd before she left home to spend the summer in New York City.
Now it's the start of senior year. Cyd has changed, but maybe Shrimp has changed too — and maybe Cyd and Shrimp will need to get to know each other all over again to figure out if it's for real. Can Cyd get back together with Shrimp and keep the peace with her mom? And can she get a life outside of her all-encompassing boy radar?
This sequel to Gingerbread has all the sharp humor and searing attitude of the original, which ELLEgirl praised as "not just Another Teen Novel" and Teen People called "unforgettable."
Synopsis
If Cyd Charisse knows one thing, it's that Shrimp is her true love. Shrimp, the hottest pint-size surfer-artist in San Francisco. That boy (as her mother called him), who was the primary cause of Cyd being grounded to Alcatraz, formerly known as her room. The boy who dumped Cyd before she left home to spend the summer in New York City.
Now it's the start of senior year. Cyd has changed, but maybe Shrimp has changed too — and maybe Cyd and Shrimp will need to get to know each other all over again to figure out if it's for real. Can Cyd get back together with Shrimp and keep the peace with her mom? And can she get a life outside of her all-encompassing boy radar?
This sequel to Gingerbread has all the sharp humor and searing attitude of the original, which ELLEgirl praised as "not just Another Teen Novel" and Teen People called "unforgettable." In Shrimp, Cyd might be a little older and a little wiser, but she's still the same irrepressible free spirit determined to find her own way in the world, on her own terms.
Publishers Weekly
"Once again, the memorable heroine of Gingerbread offers a light-hearted, sassy narrative that will enthrall her fans, and win over new recruits," according to PW. Ages 12-up. (June) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Editorials
Publishers Weekly
"Once again, the memorable heroine of Gingerbread offers a light-hearted, sassy narrative that will enthrall her fans, and win over new recruits," according to PW. Ages 12-up. (June) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.Children's Literature
It is the start of her senior year, and Cyd Charisse is looking forward to two things: her future without school and her future with her true love, Shrimp. Sure, he broke up with Cyd right before her summertime trip to visit her dad in New York City, but that doesn't mean they are over and through. No, now that she is back in San Francisco, the determined teen plans on their getting back together—and when Cyd has her mind set on something, watch out! Of course, Cyd's life is also complicated by her family, including her sister's doll napping of sweet Gingerbread, her mother's expectations about her college future, her stepfather's disappointment about her earlier abortion, and her beloved half-brother's unexpected breakup with his "true love" boyfriend. Fans of Rachel Cohn's first Cyd Charisse work, Gingerbread, are sure to applaud the return of their heroine. A sort of Weetzie Bat mixed with Princess Mia, Cyd Charisse may be the coolest bicoastal teen to hit the pages in years. 2005, Simon & Schuster, Ages 14 up.—Heidi Hauser Green
KLIATT
To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2005: In this sequel to Cohn's popular Gingerbread, our narrator, feisty, spoiled Cyd Charisse, is starting her senior year of high school back in San Francisco, after a summer visiting her biological father in New York. Still wearing combat boots, still battling with her mom, she is determined to win back her sexy artist/surfer ex-boyfriend, Shrimp. Cyd is as irrepressible as always, and still expressing herself in slang-filled California-speak, but now she's growing up a bit and beginning to understand relationships a bit better. She makes some female friends, including outrageous Helen, who is Chinese and claims to be bisexual, and multiracial Autumn, who is gay, and she comes to a new appreciation of her own loving family when she gets to know Shrimp's irresponsible, marijuana-selling parents. The road to true love is rocky, of course, and while in the end Shrimp and Cyd do end up back together, she understands that they can't stay together?—?he wants to move to New Zealand, but Cyd decides to move to New York, live with her adored half-brother, and start taking culinary courses. Cyd Charisse is a wonderful creation, and fans who enjoyed the first book of her adventures will be eager to read this one. It doesn't quite have the punch of Gingerbread, and the plot isn't as strong, but the humor, the emotionally painful moments, and Cyd's original voice will pull readers in. Some frank talk of sex and profanities make this more suitable for older teens. KLIATT Codes: S—Recommended for senior high school students. 2005, Simon & Schuster, Pulse, 272p., Ages 15 to 18.—Paula Rohrlick