MONEY HUNGRY

Summer Reading Book:

Money Hungry By: Sharon Flake

 Money Hungry is every 13 year olds horror. Money Hungry is about a girl named Raspberry who lives in a very bad area. In this area alomst everyone is struggeling. Raspberry takes whatever she can manage meaning that she is always trying to get money. She always wants money. Everyone knows her as selfish, coldhearted and hungry for money. When I was reading this book I realized how lucky I was that I go to a good school and live in a nice house where I don't have to struggle for food constantly or walk miles just to go home everyday. Money is the only thing that puts Raspberry to sleep at night. Money hungry is a good book to read and I'm glad I read it.


Money plays a big part in this book. Raspberry has a lot of money issues. In the book Raspberry and her mother struggle a lot with finding money because it is hard for her mother to find a job. Raspberry does all she can to get money. But the weird thing is Raspberry never spends it. She saves it. It's not exactly a strange thing to do but she never spends a single cent of it... If I was in her case I would use some of it and save some but Raspberry doesn't even know what she is saving for!

Raspberry has a lot of relationships with other characters but I think one of the most important relationship is with her mother. Raspberry goes through a lot of harsh times with her mother. At the end of the book Raspberry gets her house robbed and all her mother does is comfort her. Raspberry knows that her mother is extremely upset and also comforts her. They help eachother out all throughout the book. 

In conclusion, this book physically affected me. Raspberry would walk miles home in the freezing cold knowing two-hundred and fifty dollars of her money was stolen from her...by her best friend. The parts like that really made me think about living a life like that and how thankful and lucky I should be in life. Overall I thought this was a great book and I would recommend this book.