The story started off as a girl that is named Elite is having life problems and problems with her annoying boyfriend named jahaad, they fight and argue allot. When Elite enters a local radio contest to find the best voice, she wins the contest! She then gets to meet her favorite artist named Haneef. The two then have a small relationship but is constantly put to the test because of her mother’s crack addiction and her 15 year old brother wants to be a gang member. After her mother sobers up after realizing the situation that the family is in when her kids get taken away she becomes sober and this all straighten out and everything is better than ever. This book has great plots but doesn’t have allot of detail in the pages it has. This reminds me of a book that was about high school parties and the drama that was in them. i like this book because it always has a life lesson and we can learn from this book to not always judge people because life is very hard and there’s always drama places When most teens are busy thinking about boys and make-up, Elite is busy trying to raise her brothers and sisters. Her mother, a crack addict surrendered to her the role of surrogate, a role Elite never complains about though she wishes sometimes for a normal life. Her life changes suddenly when she wins two tickets for her idol's show, and in true fairytale fashion, she meets the love of her life, ascends socially, almost loses it all but finds a way to keep it all together at last. It's a classic in the genre. We all know since the first page that it's all gonna end well for her. Still, the story stays compelling, the down-to-earth heroin is easy to love, and it makes the whole book impossible to put down. English, not being my maternal language, I really like the use of a more urban language by Ni-Ni Simone. It felt so natural. It was an exercise in precision but she manage to give a real voice to her seventeen year-old heroin.If I was fifteen, it would probably be my favourite book, but it's still missing something. Haneef, Elite's crush is too nice, too good looking, too "fly". If I can believe Elite and him are made for each other, he lacks a complex personality for me to really fall for him too. We didn't get to see much of him.It's just too bad. Anyway, it's a good read. Everybody should give it a try !
What do You think about A Girl Like Me (2008)?
I like this book very much thats all
—silverbluefox012
