Book summary

Thirteen-year-old Raspberry Hill is determined to save enough money so that she and her mother can move from their current home in a housing project to a safer neighborhood. Will Raspberry's self-acknowledged obsession with money skew her priorities and values?

Media reviews

"There's a satisfying fairy-tale ending, but Flake successfully conveys a situation where life is precarious. Kids who live like Raspberry will find validation in seeing themselves sympathetically portrayed, and more pampered readers will find their eyes opened wide."

  "It was very good that I can sit at my house and read it over and over. Raspberry is a girl that's is always on the hustle to get clean money because she doesn't want to live on the streets again. She's a good child and I give her a standing ovation."

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