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Summary: from the Chicago Tribune, November 1998
Review: "Take S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders," ratchet up the action with end-of-the-millenium violence, drugs, sex and poverty, and the result would be close in substance to "Party Girl," the story of Kata, an Hispanic gangbanger in East Los Angeles whose best friend, Ana, is killed in a drive-by shooting.Ana was Kata's emotional anchor, now with her gone, Kata tries to carry on, increasingly weary of the macho posing, the boozing, the terror of death and the loneliness that assaults her. She tries to connect with someone who can lift her above this landscape of despair, but no one can. Finally, her own spirituality demands that she change her life, a thoughtful resolution for which the author Lynne Ewing deserves praise. It's not because Kata changes schools, gets a job or benefits from a social service program that she quits. Ewing seems to be saying that young people are naturally good and the psyches of human beings, especially children, are not suited for coping with relentless depravity. Ewing, a former worker for the Los Angeles County Department of Social Services before turning to writing, expertly describes the culture of Hispanic gangs. Layers of Mexican and South American myth, Catholicism and African/Jamaican rituals foster a kind of romantic fatalism. Kids attend traditional funeral masses for their murdered friends, pose by the coffins throwing gang signs to the camera, and later tattoo a teardrop under an eye, or carve the deceased's name on one hand with a razorblade as memorial gestures. The implication is that the call to join a gang comes at precisely the developmental stage in a young person's life when he or she desires initiation into the bigger mysteries of adulthood. Kata is almost, but not quite, seduced by the siren's song in this excellent book.
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Summary: i appreciate my best friend so much more!
Review: 'party girl' was given to me by my best friend Le Angelina. throughout this entire book i related kata to me, ana to her. it made me feel like i knew the characters a little better. it also made the story more heart-wrenching. imagine losing your best friend, all of a sudden, long before you ever imagined she would die. this is a gripping and fast-paced book and i would reccomend it to anyone, but especially anyone with a best friend.
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Summary: Party Girl
Review: Have you ever wondered what it was like to be in a gang? If you have then Party Girl is a book you should read.
The main character is a girl named Kata who lost her friend in a drive by. After Ana gets shot, Kata is furious and wants revenge, but she also wonders if the gang life is the life she really wants to keep.The other members in the gang try to get her to kill the person who killed Ana. This is a big decision Kata has to make and is very hard for her.
I hate reading and I loved this book. It gave me a feel of a life I know I will never have or experience. What sets Party Girl apart from other books is that it is so realistic.
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Summary: You'll love this book
Review: Have you ever wondered what it was like to be in a gang? If you have then Party Girl is a book you should read.
The main character is a girl named Kata who lost her friend in a drive by. After Ana gets shot, Kata is furious and wants revenge, but she also wonders if the gang life is the life she really wants to keep.The other members in the gang try to get her to kill the person who killed Ana. This is a big decision Kata has to make and is very hard for her.
I hate reading and I loved this book. It gave me a feel of a life I know I will never have or experience. What sets Party Girl apart from other books is that it is so realistic.
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Summary: My Opinion on Party Girl
Review: I believe the boo, party girl, by Lynne Ewing was a very interesting book. This book was about two best friends who loved to party, talk, hang out, and dance. They did everything together they even joined a gang together O.C. ( outrageous chaos) In this book you will also read how one of the main characters tells her own mom that her friends are more important than family. Lots of kids live in this community and some just love to get in trouble. In one point of this story you will read how DANGEROUS the neighborhood can be and how something bad happens to her and how bad she risks her life... I realy do recommend this book it will make you see how some people lives are in the hood, and how many problems they go through.
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Summary: THOUGH LIFE IN THE VARRIO
Review: I HAVE JUST FINISH READING THIS BOOK FOR MY MODERN LITERATURE CLASS AND AS KEPT ON READING THROUGH THE BOOK I REALIZE THAT EVERYTHING SHE EXPLAIN IN THE BOOK OR HAPPEN TO KATA AND ANA IS REALLY TRUE. MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT LIVING IN A THOUGH NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOTHING YEAH THEY SAY THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIVE THEIR. THROUGH MY LIFE I CAN RELATE SOME WITH KATA'S LIVE BECAUSE I TOO LIVE IN A ROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD. I HAVE SEEN DRIVE-BY'S HAPPEN AND SEEN MANY PEOPLE GET SHOT. MY THOUGHTS THAT CAME TO MY MIND WHILE READING THE BOOK WERE HOW KATA FELT WHEN SHE LOST HER BESTFRIEND IN A DRIVE-BY. I HAVEN'T LOST ANY FRIENDS IN A DRIVE-BY OR ANYTHING BUT I COULD FEEL THE WAY SHE WAS FEELING BECAUSE I WOULD'VE DONE THE SAME THING IF I HAD LOST MY BEST FRIEND. IF ANYONE WANTS TO GET AN IDEA OF HOW TOUGH LIFE IS WHEN YOU LIVE IN THE VARRIO AND ALL THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH I SUGGEST TO ANYBODY TO READ THIS BOOK. BECAUSE THIS BOOK HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS I HAVE READ IN MY LIFE. I RECOMEND FOR TEENAGERS TO READ THIS BOOK BECAUSE IF YOU READ THIS BOOK YOU WOULD HAVE A GREAT IDEA OF THE WAY LIFE GOES ON FOR GANGBANGERS, AND AS SOON AS YOU READ THIS BOOK YOU WOULD THINK TWICE ABOUT HANGING OUT WITH THE WRONG PEOPLE AND NOT LIVING THE LIFE THAT ANA AND KATA LIVED.
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Summary: an innocent girl looking in on a bad girl's life...
Review: I like to read about girls (teenagers) in general that are going threw experiences that I'm not going threw. Party Girl by Ann Ewing let me do this without experiencing it in my everyday life. Kata is like every teenage girl..dying to fit in. She found acceptance in a gang at a young age with her best friend, Ana. Kata doesn't have the perfect homelife. Her Mom is an alcoholic dying slowly from a bad liver and has her different boyfriends over almost every night. Kata handles her life and her Mom in ways. She is hurting, but is taught not to let her emotions out. This book lets others creep inside a girl's mind and heart..her desires..her wants...her desperate needs...her life and how she deals with it and then deals with how she chose to deal with it before. The Author lets you follow Kata and actually live inside her mind as Kata explains why and how everything she does effects her even more than she imagined.
I recomend this book to everyone..especially parents of teenagers and teenagers.
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Summary: This is the best book I have ever read!
Review: I thought that this book was really good because it talked about subjects that I can relate to and I think alot of others can too. When I first got the book I read it all in one day and I'm not a fast reader. I think that lots of people would like this book very much.
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Summary: Excellent Stroy about Teens growing up in the hood
Review: i thought this book was excellent! The author gives exact details how it really is and how things really happen growing up in a gang based neighborhood how your loved ones die and how your so called friends are either there for you or can stab you in the back.This book was great if you havnt read "Drive By" also by Lynne Ewing you got to if you lived this book.
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Summary: An excellent read - perfect for reluctant teenage readers
Review: It is no exaggeration to say that I couldn't put this book down once I started - it is beautifully written and brutally honest. As a high school English teacher, I struggle to find compelling young adult books that will appeal to my Hispanic students. Party Girl is perfect!!!
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