Gabi: A girl in pieces by Isabel Quintero

In this young adult fiction novel, a Mexican American girl named Gabi from California, shares her diary of her senior year in high school and all the troubles she goes through. Sharing her concerns of her family, an over obsessed mother and troubled father. The worries and problems of her friends, from rape, pregnancy, and sexual identity. Of course there is everything Gabi is going through and being able to handle it all. I really enjoyed this book. I particularly enjoyed the poetry that was throughout the novel. Since this book is written as diary entries, Gabi uses a variety of language profanity. Students would have to be warned before using this novel in any lessons. I would definitely keep this novel in the high school range due to language, sexual identity, drugs, and rape talk throughout. Great book, must put this on your wish list for reading.