You don't have to be Italian to like this book. It's not pronounced "CHEE-a," but "keeAH" - it's the sound a chatty person makes, with all their talking! I wish Sharon Creech had transliterated "chia chia chia" for the readers, though. The pronunciations of the Italian words are fun, and skillfully incorporated. Rosie's pre-adolescent emotional ups and downs are recognizable and bittersweet to older readers younger readers will see themselves in her as well.
Granny Torrelli is Old-World Italian without being a stereotype.
The characters' voices are all wonderfully authentic. Stories from Granny's girlhood in Italy help Rosie to see that jealousy is normal, and that the best friendships prevail no matter how angry friends get with each other from time to time. But what happens when the new girl in town seems to be occupying Bailey's mind a little too much for Rosie's liking?Įnter Granny Torrelli, who has a way of putting things in perspective as she makes soup and other foods in preparation for a pasta party.
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