Blog 1: First Impression

When looking at a book, obviously the first thing noticed is the title. This novel in particular has a very unique tile. It brings up many questions: who are the Garcia girls, what made them loss their accents, was this intentional? This all makes me very interested and curious about this book. So before even opening it, I am already very motivated to continue with the storyline. My second reaction to being given this book was to flip it over and read the back. It divulged a little bit of info about the plot and the characters. It is my understanding that these “Garcia girls” have been driven out their homeland and are forced to move to America and engross themselves in an entirely new culture and environment. They are forced to change themselves in order to merge into the crowd of young American teens. This is something that most high school students face to some extent. I think that it will be easy to relate to these characters which is something I really look forward to with reading this. It is set in the 1960’s which is an era I have not read many novels from. I’m looking forward to learning about a new time of society. Overall, I think that I will enjoy this book and I look forward to reading it.