Acting

by Sherri Winston

Longing to escape from her small Michigan town, sixteen-year-old Eve, an aspiring actress, is forced to confront both her family's and her own expectations when her twin sister announces her pregnancy.

Genres: Cultural

192 pages, Hardcover

First published September 15, 2004

About the author

Prepare for your greatest mission yet. Jada Sly, Artist & Spy, is ready to take you on a journey across Manhattan and behind the scenes at her family’s museum. Fast-paced and quick-witted, Jada leads us into her conspiratorial world with great panache and determination. Perfect for cool middle grade spies.
Sherri Winston has eight published works of fiction, and lives in Orlando, FL.

Reviews

[Teen]

Guess what? Not all African-Americans live in big city ghettos. Some live in small towns—and dream of leaving them. At least one of them also dreams of no longer being compared to her “good” sister and exploring her burgeoning sexuality without being called a “bad” girl. There’s a fairly graphic sex scene, but figuring out what that’s all about is the core of the book.
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[Imani ♥ ☮ · Rating 3 out of 5]

So, I guess this book was okay. I mean it was decent. I wasn't jumping up and down about it. I liked it though it was interesting enough considering how much I've seen similar books before. There are twins:Al and Eve. Al gets pregnant and Eve, who's always been the flaky and stupid twin has to suffer the consequences because her mother feels if Al, the smart one is stupid enough to get pregnant then so can Eve. Eve, however, an actress in her own right insists she would never do anything like that. This book was pretty decent I guess and a good read for people who don't mind reading about pregnancy and stuff like that.

[Anjelique Sinagel]

i learned to just be ur self dont worry about what others think about you. even if your a twin everyone is different. Bad things happen to everybody so worst than others. In the book they looked at the twins saying there was a good twin and a bad twin just because of one of them had sex before the others and ended up getting pregnant. but then the other twin wanted to be more like her sister. then she started talking about sex as well wanting to know what it was like.

[Lesley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Guess what? Not all African-Americans live in big city ghettos. Some live in small towns—and dream of leaving them. At least one of them also dreams of no longer being compared to her “good” sister and exploring her burgeoning sexuality without being called a “bad” girl. There’s a fairly graphic sex scene, but figuring out what that’s all about is the core of the book.

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

loved it i think a lot of people can relate