[LM_NET] Review: The Teashop Girls-grades 5-8

[Pamela Thompson <pthomp@SISD.NET>]

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Monday, July 5, 2010
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The Teashop Girls
by Laura Schaefer
Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, 2008.
250 pages

This debut novel is quaint and charming and reminds readers of days gone by when 
polite people sat down for tea and conversation. In a world before text messages, 
IM, and multi-tasking, tea calmed the nerves, soothed the soul, and fed the mind.

Annie Green has always loved tea. That's because of her eccentric and charismatic 
grandmother Louisa who runs the off-kilter tea shop where tea is still brewed one 
pot at a time from aromatic tea leaves imported from far-away and exotic foreign 
places NOT tea from a mass marketed tea bag! Annie and her life-long friends Zoe 
and Genna have always called themselves the Teashop Girls. The three of them are 
inseparable and vow to stick together and honor the tradition of their weekly tea 
at Louisa's shop, The Steeping Leaf. Eighth grade changes all of this. Genna and 
Zoe have other interests, and soon Annie takes a part-time job at the tea shop and 
realizes her grandmother is in serious debt and may lose the beloved shop.

The Teashop Girls come together to develop a business plan for Louisa. A cute boy 
named Jonathan takes a job as a barrista. Neighborhood trouble-maker Zach gives 
Annie a hard time and seems to be everywhere she goes. Can Annie save the shop? 
Will she catch Jonathan's eye and possibly score a date? Can she ever get rid of 
pesky Zach?

Recommended for YA and younger, grades 5-8. Girls will love Annie and the Steeping 
Leaf. Annie includes recipes for Cucumber Sandwiches, party ideas, and even beauty 
remedies using, you guessed it, tea!

Just posted to my blog at http://booksbypamelathompson.blogspot.com/


Pamela Thompson, MLIS
Library Media Specialist
Col. John O. Ensor Middle School
13600 Ryderwood
El Paso, TX
915-937-6018
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visit my YA novel blog at http://booksbypamelathompson.blogspot.com/


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