Cinnamon Girl: Letters Found Inside A Cereal Box

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I wantto seewhat ison the other side of the dustWhen the towers fall, New York City is blanketed by dust. On the Lower East Side, Yolanda, the Cinnamon Girl, makes her manda, her promise, to gather as much of it as she can. Maybe returning the dust to Ground Zero can comfort all the voices. Maybe it can help Uncle DJ open his eyes again.As tragedies from her past mix in the air of an unthinkable present, Yolanda searches for hope. Maybe it's buried somewhere in the silvery dust of Alphabet City.

Library Binding: 176 pages

Publisher: Rayo (August 9, 2005)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0060579854

ISBN-13: 978-0060579852

Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.7 x 7.1 inches

Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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I finished Cinnamon Girl: Letters Found inside a Cereal Box with mixed feelings. On one hand, it had a touching plot: a girl named Yolanda promises to collect all the dust and return it to Ground Zero in order to heal her Uncle DJ. Although I usually find modern poets overrated, there were a few beautifully written verses in this book, such as: "with my eyes made of little rivers, green / rushing from deep inside, from holy, kind / waters deep-blue-green-green, / where mambos and boleros are born / and guitar girls weep / and burst into islands of fire - / this / is the / beginning / I wanted, / Sky" On the other hand, the book as a whole is unmemorable. It is too short, with not enough time for the characters to fully develop. Many parts of the plot are left unexplained and the ending is too abrupt. The writing is sometimes vague and erratic. All in all, although Cinnamon Girl is, at times, touching and beautiful, it is also quite ambiguous and better discussed than read individually.

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