Iris Par Ci, Iris Par Là

by Vanessa Rubio-Barreau (Translator), Vanessa Rubio (Traduction)

Iris, onze ans, ne pense qu'à s'acheter un soutien-gorge. Sa mère, elle, pense qu'Iris ferait mieux d'apprendre à taper à la machine pour préparer sa rentrée au collège d'informatique. Un jour, afin de retrouver un gros chat roux qui vient souvent lui rendre visite, Iris passe en cachette par l'escalier de service extérieur. Cette escapade l'amène à rencontrer ses voisins : Will, un garçon handicapé, qui tire à la sarbacane de sa fenêtre ; Yolanda et Cuca, son perroquet insupportable ; Mlle Wellington, la vieille dame aux chats ; Tony Le Gros Tatoué et son pit-bull... Pleine d'imagination et de fantaisie, Iris ne va pas tarder à se rendre indispensable, et à devenir la mascotte de l'immeuble !

Genres: Childrens, Young Adult, Fiction, Cats

279 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2001

Reviews

[piratesPencil · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really sweet story by an author that I love. I read (and loved!) all of Lucy Frank's books as a teen and they're still really good as a reread.

[Ferao · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was my favorite book when I was 11 years old. Reread it and remembered what I liked about it. Still fun and I love the personnality of Iris.

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun read to kill time!

[Salsabrarian]

Booktalk draft: Twelve-year-old Iris needs to buy a bra. Seriously. Ever since Daisy in apartment 4A said "Tell your mother to buy you a brassiere." But Iris' mother won't let Iris out of the apartment building alone without her or her older brother Freddy. Iris is stuck at home with her mom's to-do lists: Clean mirrors, vacuum kitchen, practice typing. Sighh. But then life gets a lot more interesting when Iris crawls out on the fire escape looking for a big orange cat. SHe meets her neighbors: the tattooed man, Daisy and her grandkids, Yolanda and her swearing parrot, Will in the wheelchair and the Cat Lady. Iris even decides to start her own business running errands for her busy neighbors.

[Alexia Alston · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is about a lady name Mami and she found a rat in her bed. Iris and freddy got up to see whats going on. Mami was so scared she climbed the chair. Now everybody thats in the house is trying to help find it they are looking everywhere for the rat. In the middle of the story they went to the store and bought some mouse traps and put peanut butter on it and set them everywhere around the house.Later in the story Iris met this boy and now she is asking her mom for a bra and her ma told her not right now cause she need to go to work. Iris was scared if she should tell her mom about the boys

[Susana P. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Une histoire jeunesse bien mignonne! Un immeuble dans un quartier latino, une jeune fille timide qui vit des changements personnels et familiaux difficiles mais va créer un lien avec tous ses voisins le temps d'un été. Une lecture agréable.

[Clau Reyes · Rating 3 out of 5]

When I was about 10 years old my mom started buying me books, I'm not sure why, but this was the first one I picked up myself; she took me to the bookstore and asked me to pick one. Honestly I just did because it included a lip gloss, but I ended up really liking the book.

[Kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very nice. Horrifying when she talked to her brother's friend.

[Paige Rossi · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought that it was funny and it was worth reading but it wasn't that great.

[Celia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a great read! I read this awhile ago, maybe 1-2 years ago? But I still day dream of it.
Its funny, smart and makes you turning the pages.

You should really read it.

[MusokaSakebi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oltre alla storia della scrittrice Louise Rennison, questo volume è il mio preferito! La storia mi è piaciuta particolarmente