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Summary: Pretty cute...
Review: If I could have given this book three and a half stars, I would have. When I first opened "Gingerbread," I had mixed feelings.... The over-the-top slang Cyd Charrise used was cute, but unrealistic and got on my nerves fast. And when her brother said he could tell right away she wasn't one of those teenyboppers, my immediate thought was, she SOUNDS like one! But in the end, "Gingerbread" was AOK! I loved the characters of Cyd's mother and stepfather and also her uptight-at-first sister. Cyd and her sister's first encounter was hilarious! What a way to meet your sister. Cyd's boy-obsession and words she chose to describe them were a little strange, though. All in all, "Gingerbread" was worth reading, but I would reccomend borrowing it from the library and not buying it!
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Summary: Read this book
Review: I fell in love with this book from the first page. Rachel Cohn's style is so easy to love. After reading, I wanted to meet the characters in the book because they are so real. I would recommend this to everyone.
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Summary: Gingerbread rocks
Review: I read Gingerbread in one night. I was really impressed with this book. The characters are fresh and real. The book tackles a difficult set of topics in an engaging and honest manner. I look forward to reading more from Rachel Cohn.
Rating: 
Summary: awesome
Review: The reason i loved this book was because i could relate to it so well. Cyd is such a complex character, and i loved how real her thoughts were. I really enjoy character development and stuff like that and i think this book did a great job looking past the short paragraph descriptions of most YA books' characters. Not only was her character well written, but as were all of the supporting characters who filled in the puzzle pieces of her life. any teen chick who wants to know more about themselves or any teen guy who wants to know how a girl's mind works will like this book. bravo! haha
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Summary: A different kind of GOOD
Review: To start off, I would like to say I completely enjoyed this book. Every minute the words parted from my eyes I wanted them to meet again. There are many reasons why I loved this book, and believe that others will agree with me. a)it was extremely hilarious b)it was different and c)I could relate. Gingerbread has many interesting characters. The central character, Cyd Charisse, is a 16 year old girl who is not what one would call a "good girl." She lives with her mother and father, though her father is not her biological father He is more like a father than her bilogical father. Her mother is always nagging at Cyd and is a perfectionist. I, for one, found her father most kind. He biological father (Frank) lives in New York and has two grown children. Frank is not a loving father. He is a workaholic and Cyd has never been in contact with him. The only time she has ever seen him was when she was at the airport at the age of 5, and he gave her Gingerbread, a doll she loves very much. One may think her best friend would be a 16 year old rebel like herself, but she is a super cool old woman in a nursing home who goes by the name Sugar Pie. Shrimp is her boyfriend, and I must say they do some fooling around in the novel. Shrimp dumps Cyd while she is grounded, and her mother decides to send her to New York for three weeks to get to know her father. Her time there is spectacular. She learns many lessons and has a moving experience. I loved this book, and if you chose to read it, I hopE you will too.
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Summary: Richie's Picks: GINGERBREAD
Review: "My so-called parents hate my boyfriend, Shrimp. I'm not sure they even
believe he is my boyfriend. They take one look at his five-foot-five,
surfer-shirt-wearin', baggy-jeans-slouchin', Pop Tart-eatin',
spiked-hair-head self and you can just see confusion firebombs exploding in
their heads, like they are thinking, Oh no, Cyd Charisse, that young man is
not your homes. "Dig this: He is." GINGERBREAD is the exuberant and delightful story of Cyd Charisse. (Her
namesake was the beautiful dancer/actress from Singing in the Rain fame.)
Cyd Charisse is called by her full name so as not to be confused with her
stepfather Sid. (Her '"society wife" mother is named Nancy.) Anyway, Cyd
Charisse has been booted out of boarding school for getting caught in bed
with her blue-blood jock boyfriend. In addition to sex, Cyd Charisse had
become involved with alcohol, drugs, and shoplifting for the sake of
maintaining her "dream" relationship with the big man on campus. Now she is spending the summer back in San Fran, living with her family, but
hanging with Shrimp. She met him while they were both doing mandatory
community service at a nursing home. Shrimp lives with his brother, a young
specialty coffee mogul named Java the Hut. Her best friend is Sugar Pie, a wise old lady who resides at the nursing home. Cyd Charisse has only met her biological father once. It was at an airport
when she was five, and he bought her the doll she named Gingerbread, who is
still her constant companion as well as her alter ego. Cyd Charisse's world caves in once again when she is grounded indefinitely
for staying out too late at Shrimp's. After making everyone miserable, she
is shipped off to "Real Dad's" in New York. This was one of those read ten pages, go back and start reading it aloud
because it's too much fun not to share books. The eventual reconciliation
between Cyd Charisse and Nancy is a bit saccharine, but otherwise it is the
first winner I've discovered among the early Spring advance copies
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Summary: Gerr-Ate
Review: i think this is a really good book although im only on page 101
Rating: 
Summary: Mediocre at Best
Review: Gingerbread seemed like an aimless book, just another indistinguishable in the mass market of publications geared toward the multi-billion dollar spending power of teenagers. I believe this book had no real plot or 'moral to the story' - I had to push myself to finish it, and didn't walk away with anything worth thinking twice about.
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Summary: There will be a sequel!!
Review: For those of your who were unhappy with the end of Ginger Bread, or just loved it so much you wanna read more then you'll be glad to know that there will be a sequel! Rachel has just started writing it, and when she is happy with the book she in completing now (Pop Princess) then she'll be very much into Ginger Bread. If you just cannot wait for Ginger Bread number two, then The Steps is the next book to be released by Rachel.
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Summary: I wish the book was longer!
Review: I loved this book! I saw a reveiw about it in some teen mag a while back but never really thought to buy it. As I walked out from the bathroom at the bookstore & saw the book on the shelf I was like "Oh I will take this back w/ me to my seat & read a few pages".
I just loved it & could not put it down. I read it all on one day! Like I started reading it at the bookstore & was like I am gonna buy it I love this book so much! It was [a moderate price] at the bookstore which i prolly would have not bought the book if I loved it so much, which wouldn't you think thats alot for a book.
But I loved these books about a girl vernture into her thoughts & journies, and that is exactly what this was, with several refrecnes to things I liked too to know I was totally in the same world with the author.
I was so anixious to keep reading it, like I wanted to know what happen next, and I cannot remeber the last book I felt this way about.. it's been a while!
I thought it was weird coinsdence that her parents name we're Sid & Nancy & wonder if that was on purpos, and how her name was Cyd too ( her name was taken from a famous dancer).. and after I read the end I wanted to read more! I hope Rachel puts out a part 2 or something! really!
I was so inspired by this book I took out my note pad and drew Cyd like she is on the cover but full, I wish I could find contact info to mail Rachel my picture & thoughts on her book!
This is definaly for any girl, I gave it to my fiacee's sister to read and she is reading it now & cannot put it down either!
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