Glow up Lara Bloom is a wonderful middle- grade book about a young teenage girl called Lara as she struggles with her life. Some of her many struggles are her hair, her body and boys. She wants to change everything about herself as soon as she meets the new boy who just moved into her neighbourhood, Caiden. Her friends warn her that 'glowing up' should be for herself not for some boy she doesn't even know, but Lara insists that she wants this. Lara and her friends work together to try to become the better versions of themselves by channelling some powerful women energy. Lara has bigger problems than this though, Lara is top goal scorer and captain of her schools girls football team and they have been unbeaten for the past two years they are coming close to 100 unbeaten matches and if they complete it there will be a huge party thrown in their honour, but with Lara's enemy Sienna lurking the halls trouble isn't far behind.
This book is wonderful for young reader coming to terms with the new changes happening in their lives and it is brilliant representation of some of the troubles faced with WOC'S in todays world.
This book is wonderful for young reader coming to terms with the new changes happening in their lives and it is brilliant representation of some of the troubles faced with WOC'S in todays world.