Lisa Greenwald’s debut novel My Life in Pink & Green is funny and sharp and awkward in all the right places!
What is a 12-year-old girl to do these days when she hears about her family business being in trouble? She gets creative!
When Lucy hears her grandmother and mother fighting about bills, money, and the family business, she knows she has to help, but what can a 12-year-old do? She takes this question seriously so when the local homecoming queen shows up at her family’s drugstore with a beauty disaster that Lucy helps to fix, Lucy’s on to a good thing.
Lucy’s list of makeover clients certainly help, but it takes more than beauty know-how to save this struggling biz. When Lucy discovers a grant from the city to save their pharmacy, she applies – even if it is her last hope!
In the midst of all of this, her best friend gets her first mega-crush. It’s now Lucy’s job to boost her friend’s confidence to help her to get noticed! And then when she thought it couldn’t happen – it did! She got her own crush! It’s just a bit awkward because it’s her best friend’s brother. AWKWWAARD!
So how does this play into Earth Day? Read Greenwald’s book to find out how Lucy’s determination to save the world comes into play.
