This novel provided an interesting insight for students who come from a lower socioeconomic status. Juice has 4 other sisters, her father is illiterate and her mother is pregnant with another child. Juice struggles to read and truly hates school. The classroom and her teacher intimidate her, because she feels as if she is not smart and there is no hope. On a continuous basis, she skips school to spend time with her father; her parents are helpless in stopping her from doing so.
I liked the novel and I think it is a pretty easy and intriguing read. However, it did not give students that do have trouble reading any sort of inspiration. I wish it was an influential book that a teacher could read to a class of struggling students or that a parent could read at home. In the end, Juice’s family is getting back on the right track and Juice is required to go back to school, but it does not show her excited about going back to school. Once she gets there she turns into a success, but the book does not focus on that.
I enjoyed Hesse’s style of writing and I think it was fun novel to read. It includes various pictures throughout the text that relate to what the characters are going through during that time of the book. I hope to read more from Hesse in the future.
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