World politics and international law Book

Dorinda’s Secret
Plot: A lot of things are dropped on Dorinda. First, she finds out from a caseworker that 1. She has a biological sister 2 It’s not the sister she thought it was that went into the first foster home with her 3. Her sister is white. 4. She was the one adopted. 5. She’s biracial because her mother is white. And of course, this shakes her up. But in the end, she puts aside all her anger and she and her sister start to get along. Also, the Cheetah Girls enter a Diva contest that will be (dun dun dun) at the Apollo again. And again, they don’t win, but come in first place. (Let me guess Skeleton Crew won).

My Thoughts: I did understand the bulk of this book because when I was in high school, I had NO IDEA that I had another sibling. Until one day my mom approached me and said you have a brother and he’s gonna call you! When you have something just dropped on you out of the blue it can leave you in shock. Your thinking WOW! All this time my parent (father in my case) had another kid and I’m just finding this out. Unlike Dorinda tho, I quickly took to the idea. I don’t remember feeling any anger or angst. I accepted the situation for what it was. And I found myself glad he reached out to find out about me. Somethings you don’t know you want until you have them. I think Dorinda shouldn’t have been so quick to put off the opportunity she has to get to know her sister. Even *today* I wish that my brother and I were *a lot* closer than we are. But that’s another story for another time. Someone very close to me also found out recently that they had a sister that they never knew about. It can be pretty jarring.
*Dorinda says “I can’t understand why anyone would give him away, even though I know everything is not so simple as that. Grown-ups have lots of problems, and sometimes they can’t deal with them. (This resonated with me on a VERY personal level as I know someone who just walked away and I have a feeling it was for this very reason.
*I can feel myself starting to cry, but I get mad instead. I’m tired of crying about stupid people who don’t care about me. (Again, BEEN THERE! I CAN DEFINITELY RELATE) STORY OF MY LIFE!
*When I read about how they had to tape a video I start thinking about all the videos back in the day and how all you basically needed was a colorful, splashy, background or a wall. That was 80 percent of the videos back then.
*I also thought of Toto in the Cinderella video with the ribbons when they made him a costume here with yellow ribbons. I can still see him in my head twirling around on the stage after the song.
*Somehow tho what I *don’t* see is Channel into skateboarding. Dorinda yes. Channel NO!
*I bet that if the CG movies would have been turned into a series the twist would have been Dorinda’s mother was black and she’s half black. Black mother, white father. And she has a black sister.
*I wonder will Dorinda and Tiffany try to find their mom when they’re older.
*Still don’t like the condescending way Bubbles talks to Chuchie. And how Chuchie continues in these books to be so passive and basically not have a brain of her own.
*LOL and I really don’t think a nine-year-old boy would be into Beanie Babies. Maybe Funko Pops but not stuffed animals. But then Pucci does seem younger than 9 in these books.
*These songs are just so BAD!

Rating: 5 I could relate to a lot of it but I got over pretty quick Dorinda’s half white and the problem was she didn’t and that takes up most of the book. As for the contest, I would NEVER want to perform at the Apollo again! Let’s move on to a different venue, shall we?