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Poppy has her whole life planned out, and her plan is based on jelly beans. Yes, jelly beans. Her theory is that she should eat her least favorite beans first so she can better enjoy her favorites at the end. Now she's applying her theory to everything in life, including college and a career. Then one day she realizes that this might not be the right way for her to live her life. Thus, starting the jelly bean crisis.

The catalyst for this life change is Poppy winning the prestigious Denton Award. She has thirty days to accept the scholarship and in those thirty days she hopes to find her passion. While I love the idea of a "gap month," I find it extremely hard to believe that her parents would let her take a month off of school to try out new things. Her dad was adamant about her going straight to college, graduating, and working in finance, so it was strange that he suggested her taking a month out of high school.

Poppy's enthusiasm is infectious! She's so eager to grasp the opportunities that come her way, and I had a lot of fun reading about her trials. Overall, I really enjoyed The Jelly Bean Crisis. I loved how its focus was on Poppy trying to find what makes her happy rather than on a romance or a darker issue. This definitely makes it stand out from other YA Contemporaries. There is a romance, but it's a very minor part of the story, and it's very sweet. No undying love after a week!

If you're looking for a quick, feel good read about finding yourself, give this one a try. I'm sure you won't regret it!

*Disclaimer: I received this book from the author for review. No compensation was offered or accepted.


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The Jelly Bean Crisis Jolene Stockman 9781477448953 Books Reviews

I adored this book thus my 5* review rating. I loved that this girl has to put work and an effort into being the best student at school and that it does not simply falls into her lap. She has manners. Respect and good common sense and to boot in her honour I think in future red Jellie Beans would be my favourite as well. This is a book I think all YA should read. WaAr rrg.
3.5 stars, actually, but totally worth the $1.99 price.

The Jelly Bean Crisis refers to teenager-main character Poppy's theory that you have to eat through the least delicious jelly beans before getting to the red jelly bean deliciousness not only in a bag of candy but also life.

You see she's just won a prestigious scholarship to university to become a finance banker-- a goal she's worked towards her entire life. But now she's just turned down the scholarship and wants to find out if there's anything else in life she's more passionate about doing.

The book chronicles Poppy's adventures in a series of different jobs until she finally decides what she really wants to do.

Poppy is bubbly and fun, and she does have some nice snarky moments with her friends. I think there are some serious life lessons in the book (and the version I bought from included excerpts (or possibly the whole edition of) the author's other, non fictiony book, Total Blueprint for World Domination which looked worthwhile) about not repeating parents' mistakes or trying to hard to live their life, being open to possibilities and also the value of learning things from the bottom up.

Poppy starts out complaining about a classmate who doesn't work hard at all and gets instant recognition and happiness. And what felt weird to me was how Poppy also got everything she wanted so easily...jobs at bakeries and newspapers which she would then leave randomly with no repercussions, no interviews, no real supervision, etc. Whatever she wanted fell into her lap without too much trouble. For my own personal taste, I wanted Poppy to have to do the calling, finagling, and grunt work to make her opportunities. I felt that bit of unrealism made Poppy's complaints about others' "easy happiness" less strong.

I also wished for a bit more variety among minor characters alot of them, including brother, friend, and classmates, were all extremely confident, bubbly, and clueless. A bit more reality of adolescent insecurities would have made the relationships a bit realer, and thus a bit more identifable-worthy.

I got the sense that this book, although about Poppy's plans for post-high school, was really at the level of like a middle schooler trying to choose high school plans. Even the romance was very very G rated and kind of Disney-esque ("I'm going to go tell him my feelings now!").

At this level, I would totally recommend the book for older elementary/middle school girls. It has some very positive messages about finding your own passion, and how it's okay to take the long way around (Poppy's grandmother finally goes to college ate age 70).

This Book's Snack Rating Surprise, surprise, it's like a bag of jelly beans for it's somewhat sugar-coated version of Poppy's flavorful search for a vocational passion
When I first read the blurb I was really like umm this far out of my normal genre of books. There is no horror, drama, romance you know all that.
But when I glanced at a friend's review I was like you know what I am going to have to give this book a try and I am glad I did.
Let me say that I do like the cover it is very magical looking and very unique.
This is a story about Poppy who learns to find happiness for herself and not for others. I enjoyed how she wanted to take time to find something she wants to be happy at then just jump into something, after reading the story I realized that is something that we all should attempt to do in our life. I just wish I was fortune enough to try something like a 'gap' year when I left high school.
Poppy is a very great student who wants to excel and achieve on everything. Which I think is great! Kind of wish I had her determination back in high school.
We see how Poppy uses her jelly bean theory to try new things in her life. For her the green jelly beans are not good to eat so that is like the not so good part of life. But the red jelly beans are the best and are the best things in life, makes sense right. I think it is a good theory to have and I have to applaud Poppy!
We follow Poppy on her adventure in school, and out of school on learning how to do things for herself. Quit worrying about what everyone else wants, and most importantly you need to be happy for yourself.
There is a great message written within this story that I think is perfect for young teens to read about. I think I enjoyed this story more than I expected to and that is a great thing. The only thing in the story that bothered me was the fact that word 'ass' was used twice. Being as I got to know Poppy as a character it seemed out of place for it to be used.
Poppy has her whole life planned out, and her plan is based on jelly beans. Yes, jelly beans. Her theory is that she should eat her least favorite beans first so she can better enjoy her favorites at the end. Now she's applying her theory to everything in life, including college and a career. Then one day she realizes that this might not be the right way for her to live her life. Thus, starting the jelly bean crisis.

The catalyst for this life change is Poppy winning the prestigious Denton Award. She has thirty days to accept the scholarship and in those thirty days she hopes to find her passion. While I love the idea of a "gap month," I find it extremely hard to believe that her parents would let her take a month off of school to try out new things. Her dad was adamant about her going straight to college, graduating, and working in finance, so it was strange that he suggested her taking a month out of high school.

Poppy's enthusiasm is infectious! She's so eager to grasp the opportunities that come her way, and I had a lot of fun reading about her trials. Overall, I really enjoyed The Jelly Bean Crisis. I loved how its focus was on Poppy trying to find what makes her happy rather than on a romance or a darker issue. This definitely makes it stand out from other YA Contemporaries. There is a romance, but it's a very minor part of the story, and it's very sweet. No undying love after a week!

If you're looking for a quick, feel good read about finding yourself, give this one a try. I'm sure you won't regret it!

*Disclaimer I received this book from the author for review. No compensation was offered or accepted.