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Emma�s life is a mess. Her best friend isn�t talking to her, and the boy she�s known forever and dismissed has turned into a hottie. As if that weren�t enough, her preacher parents have decided not to pay for college unless Emma goes to a Christian school, something she will never do. Enter the Crispy Dream�a new donut franchise where people camp out waiting to be the first ones served. The local paper is running a scholarship for the person who writes the best feature story about the donut camp. Joining the camp could be Emma�s big chance at taking control of her future. But it�s going to take a lot of faith in the human spirit�and a few donuts�to change her life.
- Sales Rank: #2381178 in Books
- Published on: 2010-09-16
- Released on: 2010-09-16
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.24" h x .38" w x 5.45" l, .53 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 256 pages
From School Library Journal
Grade 7–10—Donuts, friendship, corruption, religion, love, and motorcycle gangs all figure into this sweet, satisfying treat of a first novel. Emma, a pastor's daughter who is about to start her senior year, has some serious questions to figure out. A member of the family's Living Word Redeemer church has challenged her mother's right to preach, throwing her whole family into turmoil. Emma might be in love with a boy whose father just happens to be the one causing all the trouble. She has also had a falling out with her best friend. Emma wants to study journalism at a non-Christian college, which her father refuses to pay for. How do donuts figure into all this? A donut chain is opening a new store in Emma's town, and people are streaming in from miles around to camp out for the opening. When the local paper offers a scholarship to the student who writes the best article on the event, Emma is determined to win. Her ambivalence about religion is addressed with sensitivity; she respects her parents' faith while also questioning their beliefs about evolution and the Bible. The overall tone is airy as Emma interviews die-hard donut campers, including a born-again motorcycle gang, and admits her feelings to the object of her affections. Teens will enjoy this lighter look at some serious issues of faith and family.—Miranda Doyle, San Francisco Unified School District END
Review
-Zielin+s lighthearted yet substantive portrayals of Emma+s struggles with God, family, and friendship ring absolutely true.+ -Kirkus Reviews
About the Author
Lara Zielin lives in Michigan.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Sweet story with emphasis on family dynamics
By bookworm1858
Summary: Emma is the daughter of evangelical minister parents who is having quite the difficult time. Her mom may lose her position as co-preacher at their church, one of her friends is newly hot and in love with her, her best friend isn't speaking to her, and her parents have announced their financial support only if she attends a Christian college. This takes place over a three day period as people camp out to see the opening of a new donut store.
I really liked Emma-she was very likable and I enjoyed her feelings about her parents. She feels completely left out over the things that are happening that will affect her. But the end promises hope for a stronger family unit and reevaluation of how each views the others.
At the donut campout, I really enjoyed her interactions with Bear and his evangelical biker gang. They showed a more human face of Christianity. Most are able to realize that they are not perfect and they do not act like they are. They just try their best to live out Jesus' teaching and improve themselves.
Her friendships are not as important. Lately it seems like I've read a lot of books where the female main character is not speaking to her friends due to a fight and thus female friendship is not important to the book. I'm not trying to single this book out because I feel like I've seen that a lot; this just happens to be the review where I'm writing about it.
I also thought that not all of the subplots got enough attention. I would have liked more with the hot guy in love with Emma; I thought it got short shrift. I also would have liked more with her younger sister, who was adorable in the little we read about, and the sibling rivalries that always seem to appear in families. I also think the girl on the cover doesn't look old enough to be a senior in high school-she looks maybe 14. That doesn't detract from the story; it's just something I noticed.
Overall: 4/5 for funny (predictable) story with a sweet narrator and good message. Recommended.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Courtesy of Teens Read Too
By TeensReadToo
Emma Goiner's father informs her one night that the only universities her college fund will help support are those that her parents approve of. In other words, any secular school is OUT.
Both of Emma's parents are pastors at Living Word Redeemer, so they expect Emma to be guided by their choices. But Emma knows they are disappointed in her. Since her baptism not so long ago, she's yet to speak in tongues. And she's inflamed that the church can be influenced by the wealthiest member of the congregation.
So it's with these thoughts in her mind that she's determined to win the Paul Bunyan Press contest.
The paper is holding a competition. Crispy Dream Donuts is opening a new store, and the paper is offering a college scholarship to the best story written about the opening. Emma isn't sure what angle she will take with her story, but she's going to camp out and interview people who are also camping there waiting for the celebration.
It's during her time at Donut Camp that Emma learns more about herself than she ever expected. She encounters a Harley group that turns out to be the most unusual group of Christians she could imagine. And she meets a couple that have been camping for thirteen days, hoping that with the RV Crispy Dream will give a prize to the person who has logged the longest time at camp. And, though she struggles with herself, she winds up calling on Jake, a boy who had declared his love for her not so long ago, only to have her remain speechless and leave him hanging.
During the time at Donut Camp, Emma's parents have to fight for their own dreams. Mr. O'Connor, the richest member of the church, has his own agenda, and when Emma's mom preaches that men and women are equal, it starts a cascade of events that soon envelopes everyone with their consequences.
DONUT DAYS is a great, insightful novel by Ms. Zielin. It reads quickly and touches the heart. Though Emma grows up in a minister's home, the story is so much more than that. Yes, Emma tries to make her parents see that she's her own person and wants a world beyond what they have in mind for her. But it's also a story of fighting for what you believe in and achieving your own dreams.
Emma is a strong character with her own insecurities - but a strong belief in herself and her dreams.
Reviewed by: Jaglvr
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Donut Days by Lara Zielin
By Sharon A. Somers
A book about donuts has to be fabulous or at the very least entertaining. Donut Days was both fabulous, entertaining, and hunger-inducing. Before I start my review, I would like to warn those of you who are on diets: Donut Days will be a very difficult book for you to read! You should just give up counting calories for a day and indulged in some mouth watering donuts. You better believe, that is exactly what I did!
Donuts aside, Donut Days is a very compelling and thought provoking book. With interwoven themes of religion and friendship Donut Days is so much more than a book about a girl who likes to eat donuts.
Some of my favorite things about Donut Days were how to issues of family and religion are handled. This is truly high praise coming from me. I'm the girl who did a poster project on evolution vs. intelligent design for her anthropology class. I'm not the least bit religious, but it is still an interesting topic that fascinates me. Emma has always been at odds with many of the people at her parents' church- including her own parents. Emma doesn't dress up or act like any of the other girls and having faith is not something that comes naturally to her. I think that this is what made Emma such a believable character for me. Emma doesn't take things at face value. Emma questions everything including the belief system that she was raised with.
Some of the other secondary characters were tougher for me to relate to. Especially Emma's intelligent-design defending ex-best friend. There was one scene in the class room when, I wanted to leap into the book and smack her over the head with a biology textbook. Violent reactions aside, the story started to pick up for me when Emma meets a gang of born again bikers at the donut camp. I loved this group of people. They are the kind of people who actually do good things instead of just sitting around talking about it. Despite my non-religious status, I wanted to go riding around with them on their bikes. And... oh all the yummy donuts that were at the camp. I wish that there was a donut camp around here!
Donut Days wraps up nicely at the end. There is a love interest for Emma and a nice happy ending for a change. I didn't find the ending to be entirely practicable either. In fact, I was actually quite surprised by one development. I don't wan to give too much away, so go pick up a copy and find out for yourself!
I would recommend Donut Days to anyone who is interested in books dealing with religion,family, and friends.
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