My Brother is a Baller by Dorrie Williams-Wheeler
By Jennifer Coissiere • Feb 15th, 2009 • Category: Book Review 2009 •
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My Brother Is A Baller by Dorrie Williams-Wheeler, made me think of the old saying you can take the girl out of the hood, but you cannot take the hood out of the girl. Another one is, when you start doing the necessary things to have a better life your friends will start thinking you think you are better than them, and they will do whatever it takes to keep you just like them.
Sheri Carmichael is overshadowed by her brother, Todd, who is drafted into the NBA. Things were going fine, until the night Sheri and her mother, Felicia, were robbed. Todd and Felicia decide that it would be best to leave the old neighborhood. None of the changes of her lifestyle is her choice, but Sheri is caught up in trying to keep her old friends in her new surroundings, while trying to make new friendships. It is not as easy as she thought. Did her friends want to be her friend because they liked Sheri as a person, or due to Todd being in the NBA? Who is playing Sheri for a fool?
The characters are well developed. There is a lot of drama which kept me turning the pages quickly. However, the editing is poor and distracting at times. One thing that made me have to flip back through the pages was a character’s name that changed midway through the book. Overall My Brother Is A Baller is a good read, and I recommend it to readers that like drama.
Jennifer Coissiere
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Jennifer Coissiere is an aspiring author, a mother, and a wife. She has been reading books as far back as her memory will allow her to remember. She has always used books as an escape from her everyday life. Her passion for words became evident to her English teacher in the eighth grade. Since then Jennifer has been writing non-stop, but it was not until 2006 when she finally realized her passion. She reviews books because she truly loves reading, and wants to spread the word to more than just the people she knows.
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