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Mama, I Want to Sing

Mama, I Want to Sing

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Dream Follower
Review: I gave this book 4 stars because it is a very good book about a girl who follows her dream to be a singer and doesn't let anything stop her. She first started singing when she was little in church, but when her father died she lost all interest in almost everything. Even though it might have seemed like she gave up, she didn't. After a while she started feeling like her same, old self and started singing again. When she got in high school, her and some of her friends formed a group called The Halos. The try out to perform at the Apollo and they make it. On the night of their actual performance, there is a big recording manager in the audience watching them. After the show they get offered a recording contract. So they go on the road and become a group. But in the very end, like most ends of a very good group or band, they end up seperating and it ends up being the girl being a solo artist. I liked this book because it really has a clear message. The message is if you have a dream, go for it. Don't let anything or anyone stand in your way or stop you from doing what you love and what you want to do. The reason I gave this book 4 stars and not 5 is because not many people in the group told their parents and if you have something that you want to do, share it with everybody you know and don't keep any secrets about it. It will be better if you tell the people that love you and care for you so they can support you with the very most respect.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: It was a great book about a dream come true.
Review: I thought this was a great book on girl who grew up singing in a church quior then deciding that would be her career. Even though her mother did not aprove of this she still followed her dream. I thought this was great book and had as good lesson. This is a great book to help kids follow their dreams.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Mama I want to sing gets 4 stars
Review: It is not the kind of book I would read on a day to day base, but the author did a good job writing the book. The book Mama I want to sing had a fun plot line that was very differrent then any thing I read before so it made it fun to read. It was very differrnt then what you would think by reading the back of the book.It was about a little girl that had a great voice . When she was little her dad died but be for he did he told her to follow her dreams and that is what she did.Doris made music with her friends.Then they performed at the Apollo theatre but a will not say any more because I do not want to tell the whole story. The authors Vy Higginsen and Tonya Bolden wrote the book based on Higginsens musical Mama I want to sing.Ms.higginsen's sister Tonya Bolden inspired the musical.Tonya was a singer and composerin the 1960s. I think if you like books with fun and different plot lines then this is the book for you . This book is also about family and friends. If you read this book I hope you like it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Story of Doris Winter
Review: The Book Mama I Want To Sing is about a girl who is in the choir of a church called MT. Calvary. The name of the girl is Doris.She lives with her mother and father in New York.At age twelve she is accepted in the adult choir of MT.Calvary by brother Weasley.The rev. of MT.Calvary is Doris's father.Doris is an african american.When Doris is older she forfills her dream to be a singer.Her first hit was at Broadway.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Mama I Want ToSing
Review: The Book Mama I Want To Sing is about a girl who is in the choir of a church called MT. Calvary. The name of the girl is Doris.She lives with her mother and father in New York.At age twelve she is accepted in the adult choir of MT.Calvary by brother Weasley.The rev. of MT.Calvary is Doris's father.Doris is an african american.When Doris is older she forfills her dream to be a singer.Her first hit was at Broadway.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: The Halos
Review: This book is about a girl named Doris Winter who loves to sing in the youth choir at her church named Mt. Calvary. Her father is the Rev. at the church. One day at choir rehearsal Doris was singing really well and the Minister of Music heard her and asked her if she would talk with him. He had offered her to join the adult choir because she could sing so well. She told him she would join. After choir rehearsal she ran home and told her dad the news. On her first day singing in the adult choir her father started to walk down the rows and in between the pews and suddenly fell to the ground and died. The day of his funeral she lay by his casket and said "momma, I want to sing" and her mamma told her to go sing for her daddy. So she sang "His Eye is on the Sparrow."
After her daddy, died Doris spent a lot of time with Sister Carrie. Her mom stared to get a little jealous so Geraldine, Doris's mom, decides to try to spend more time with her. In the middle of the book, Geraldine, Sister Carrie, Doris, and DeeDee, Geraldine's friend, form a singing group called the Halos and go to sing at the Apollo night club.
I liked this book because it showed someone who followed there dream. In this book her dream was becoming a professional singer. Even thought her mom, Geraldine, didn't like what Doris wanted to do for the rest of her life, Doris stayed on the right path which lead her to success!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: singing is my life
Review: This book is called Mama I Want to Sing. The characters are African Americans and it's not a big issue in the story. The book takes place in New York. This story was happening during the Second World War. She really wasn't really wasn't prejudice against. Doris' father is a preacher of the church where she used to sing. She sang with the adult choirs when she was eleven. Doris and her friends try to become famous but it isn't as easy they thought. Does she become famous? I really liked the book because Doris loves to sing and she didn't give up her dreams after she could become famous and she didn't give up. I really think that this book is good it is a good book to read. Read the story to find out what happens at the end of the story.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Very, very good book...
Review: Yo, this book is very, very good. I gotta give props to Vy Higginson and Tonya Bolden, the authors. First the story starts off with a singer named Doris Winter visiting her church Mt. Calvary Full Gospel Church. Then the story takes you to Part One, "This Little Light of Mine." In that part it tells of her youth years, ages 11-12 during the the 40s. It tells of how she first got in the choir and how excited she was about singing on the Sunday of Communion. The day before Doris sings on Sunday, her father tells her to always follow her dream to sing. When that day finally comes her father, the minister of the church, dies of a heart attack while preaching his sermon. Doris becomes very depressed after her father's death and starts drifting away from her singing. Then one day at her friend Toni's house, there is a party with aspiring singers, photographers, actors, and many more people. There, Toni's mother asks Doris to sing for their guests, and after that experience, Doris finally decides she wants to become a singer. Then the story comes to Part Two, "Travelin' Shoes" and tells of her adolescent years. One summer, Doris visits West Point, Virginia where her mother's family stays. Doris gets piano lessons from her cousin's friend Micheal and they become very close. Then Doris returns back to Harlem and tells her friends about everything. Later, when she is older, Doris gets a job babysitting. One night her friend Berry offers Doris a chance to usher at the famous Apollo Theatre. Doris figures this is a way she can get close to stardom, well at least meeting some starts, and of course she takes this offer up. Doris continues to usher and the theatre and later on gets caught by her mother and is punished. Later on, Doris decides to enter a talent contest at Apollo along with her three friends Berry, Gail, and Deedee. They win and are offered a record deal. Now I would LOVE to continue but to get a better taste of this story you all have to check this book out! I recommend this to any and everybody, especially if you want to become a singer just like Doris.


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