![]() When her high school classmates play a horrible prank on her, they set in motion a series of events that will forever change Davie.ģ2 Candles was deeply satisfying, causing me to curl up over the weekend in my favorite place in the world: a recliner chair in my grandmother’s bedroom. She finds solace in books, her crush on the most popular guy in school, and unpopular-girl-turned-Cinderella teen romance movies of the eighties like “Sixteen Candles” starring Molly Ringwald. ![]() She existed at the fringes of her small town community, with people only noticing her long enough to hurl insults her way and call her “Monkey Night” because of her dark skin, unkempt afro, and quiet nature. The young and unpopular Davie Jones was an outsider, abused at home by her mother and ostracized by her classmates. ![]() There goes my promise to stop buying books until I read the ones I already have. ![]() And then I downloaded 32 Candles on my Kindle and began my fantastic journey with Davidia “Davie” Jones, the novel’s main character. Next, I sent text messages to a few of my fellow bookworms, urging them to read 32 Candles and Ms. Carter’s debut novel on and visited her website. Immediately intrigued by the book’s synopsis, I read reviews of Ms. ![]() I recently discovered 32 Candles while browsing the Circle of Sisters’ website, which featured a book club event with authors Terry McMillan ( Getting to Happy), Dolan Perkins-Valdez ( Wench), Attica Locke ( Black Water Rising), and Ernessa T. ![]()
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