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Ewing's Party Girl
Kata and Ana became best friends in the fourth grade---"That was the year it took two of us to make one person." Ewing writes a compelling story of a young girl coming to terms with the death of her best friend from a drive by shooting after winning a dance contest. Telling Kata she's pregnant, Ana confesses she wants out of the gang life and is scared. Kata tries to reassure her, "Don't think about the future, I said,"We're party girls, esa." "Yea, don't think about the future, because we don't have one," she said. Moments later Ana is shot down by an enemy gang. Written in a vivid but simple way, the story draws the reader into Ana's and Kata's lives. Ewing creates a small window looking into a world of macho posturing, drinking and violence. Kata struggles to survive without Ana but life is too difficult. Bent on seeking revenge for Ana's death, she finds the alleged killer and discovers she cannot kill him. Growing weary of gang life, Kata must decide if she will "face out." Kata sees her friend, Ana, and an old "party girl" in visions of what the future may hold. A decision is made. Ewings's usage of gang language, Spanish, Quechua and the background of a Los Angeles neighborhood gives this grim book an edgy feel and the reader a glimpse of a violent world and the possibility of hope.

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Party Girl
This was one of the best books I have ever read. Ana and Kata are tight and everything and they share everything about one another. They both love to dance, (just like me). One day Ana tells Kata she's pregnant and it all goes down from there because she got pregnant by a gang rival. Nobody knows this but Kata. Somehow the word gets out and the other gang is after Ana. They are walking home from a dance competion. And they hear guns, look back and it's the other gang after Ana. Kata has to learn how to cope without her "other half". This is a very good book for someone who is trying to cope with death or is in a gang. I used to be in a gang and I got out of it after reading this book. That's how meaningful this book is. If you are looking for a great book to read, this is the one to get. Also, they have made a movie about this book. It's called "Living the Life".

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an innocent girl looking in on a bad girl's life...
I like to read about girls (teenagers) in general that are going threw experiences that I'm not going threw. Party Girl by Ann Ewing let me do this without experiencing it in my everyday life. Kata is like every teenage girl..dying to fit in. She found acceptance in a gang at a young age with her best friend, Ana. Kata doesn't have the perfect homelife. Her Mom is an alcoholic dying slowly from a bad liver and has her different boyfriends over almost every night. Kata handles her life and her Mom in ways. She is hurting, but is taught not to let her emotions out. This book lets others creep inside a girl's mind and heart..her desires..her wants...her desperate needs...her life and how she deals with it and then deals with how she chose to deal with it before. The Author lets you follow Kata and actually live inside her mind as Kata explains why and how everything she does effects her even more than she imagined.
I recomend this book to everyone..especially parents of teenagers and teenagers.