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Loves Me, Loves Me Not
Maggie is a smart, hard-working, responsible teenager who wants to become a doctor. She is given a great chance to try her skills when she is hired to care for an ailing elderly woman. They take a genuine liking to each other -- and her grandson is the school basketball star that Maggie has been pining over. But he has a girlfriend, and Maggie is being pursued by an all-too-serious suitor herself. Other differences seem to get in the way, too: Maggie is a Cuban American whose mother works nights to eke out a living; her admirers are well-off Anglos. This delightful and entertaining novel is as much an exploration of values and perceptions as it is of young and romantic love.
- GenresYoung Adult
224 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1998
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February 18, 2009 Loves me, Loves me not by Anilu Bernardo
This book is a very good book for any minority race teenage girl and I am glad that I read it. The author Anilu makes this book really feel like you are the main character Maggie. You really want so badly for her to find the right one and to have love. Maggie is a Cuban American sophomore in high school that has a crush on the star Caucasian basketball player. Maggie is so wrapped up in trying to have Zach like her that the one guy that respects her and really loves her is right in front of her. Eventually she notices that Zach doesn’t respect her race and that Justin is the right guy for her. I love the fact that she is almost like me. She knows what her future plans are which hers is to be a professional nurse, and she has a job taking care of an elderly woman after school. I really didn’t like Zach towards the end of the book because of the way he really acted. Zach in the beginning of the book was the cute basketball star that Maggie loved. But towards the end the things that he said showed that he really didn’t care for her as a love interest or as a Cuban-American. Maggie’s mother would be Jennifer Lopez because she is a great actress and she is good with children. Maggie should be Alexis Bledel from The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. She is a very pretty girl and Maggie is very calm and collective. That is exactly how Alexis Bledel appeared in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and that would be great to capture that again in this movie. My favorite line in the book is the last line of the book when Maggie finally makes her decision of the right guy. “I was dreaming about the perfect guy all along but I just had to wake up to get him.” And every one that reads this book is going to be glad that she did.
This book is a very good book for any minority race teenage girl and I am glad that I read it. The author Anilu makes this book really feel like you are the main character Maggie. You really want so badly for her to find the right one and to have love. Maggie is a Cuban American sophomore in high school that has a crush on the star Caucasian basketball player. Maggie is so wrapped up in trying to have Zach like her that the one guy that respects her and really loves her is right in front of her. Eventually she notices that Zach doesn’t respect her race and that Justin is the right guy for her. I love the fact that she is almost like me. She knows what her future plans are which hers is to be a professional nurse, and she has a job taking care of an elderly woman after school. I really didn’t like Zach towards the end of the book because of the way he really acted. Zach in the beginning of the book was the cute basketball star that Maggie loved. But towards the end the things that he said showed that he really didn’t care for her as a love interest or as a Cuban-American. Maggie’s mother would be Jennifer Lopez because she is a great actress and she is good with children. Maggie should be Alexis Bledel from The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. She is a very pretty girl and Maggie is very calm and collective. That is exactly how Alexis Bledel appeared in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and that would be great to capture that again in this movie. My favorite line in the book is the last line of the book when Maggie finally makes her decision of the right guy. “I was dreaming about the perfect guy all along but I just had to wake up to get him.” And every one that reads this book is going to be glad that she did.
July 19, 2011
Maggie and her best friend Suzie are "dos chicas", living in Miami and sophomores in high school. Maggie's crush is Zach, the ace basketball player, tall, bloond and blue-eyed, who always tries to sit next to her in German. Maggie is hoping beyond hope to become Zach's girlfriend. But Maggie also knows what she wants to do with her life. She wants to be a nurse, help patients, be useful. She works hard to get Zach to notice her. Meanwhile, Suzie is enamored of Carlos, whose new friend is Justin. How Maggie and Suzie deal with their first "boyfriends" also reveal what they think of themselves.
Bernardo has captured the multicultural tone and feel of Miami. The basic theme of this book is how (adolescent) love is often blinding to the reaily of aspects of relationships. A great element of this novel is the best friend relationship between Maggie and Suzie -- how precious their friendship is and what they need to do to maintain the relationship, how their relationship to boys should not be a point of contention In essence, Bernardo focuses on adolescent relationships and does it truly well: she considers how blinding they can be; how important they can be; the issues of prejudice and racism, as well as sexuality.
I highly recommend this book to YAs, particularly for those who are interested in multicultural and prejudice..
Bernardo has captured the multicultural tone and feel of Miami. The basic theme of this book is how (adolescent) love is often blinding to the reaily of aspects of relationships. A great element of this novel is the best friend relationship between Maggie and Suzie -- how precious their friendship is and what they need to do to maintain the relationship, how their relationship to boys should not be a point of contention In essence, Bernardo focuses on adolescent relationships and does it truly well: she considers how blinding they can be; how important they can be; the issues of prejudice and racism, as well as sexuality.
I highly recommend this book to YAs, particularly for those who are interested in multicultural and prejudice..
September 10, 2010
I think the author clearly presented how a teenager would act. Nicely put with a brave ending. I think the garden she has is amazing, I wish I can have that garden to predict my day. Loves me, loves me not, loves me, loves me not...
July 1, 2012
Touching coming of age love story.
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