![]() ![]() The rest of the cashier girls give my preppy floral outfit the once-over. I wince as she calls me by my childhood nickname and not my real name, Margot. “Look who’s here!” the cashierista announces while eating some sort of pastry. I search for Papi but he’s walked ahead into his office already. The Education of Margot Sanchez Chapter 1Ī cashierista with flaming orange-red hair invades my space the minute I step inside the supermarket. Margot’s invitation to the ultimate beach party is within reach and she has no intention of letting her family’s drama or Moises-the admittedly good looking but outspoken boy from the neighborhood-keep her from her goal. With each order of deli meat she slices, Margot can feel her carefully cultivated prep school reputation slipping through her fingers, and she’s willing to do anything to get out of this punishment. And by grounded, she means working as an indentured servant in her family’s struggling grocery store to pay off her debts. Papi, for allowing Junior to become a NeanderthalĪfter “borrowing” her father’s credit card to finance a more stylish wardrobe, Margot Sanchez suddenly finds herself grounded. ![]() John Hughes’s Pretty in Pink comes to the South Bronx in this bold and “emotional story about class, race, hard work, and finding one’s place” ( Publishers Weekly)-from author Lilliam Rivera. ![]()
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