hooray for the yayas!

Not long ago my daughter bought home The Divine Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood from her 8th grade classroom bookshelf.  I was surprised, is this what 8th graders are reading now?  I had thought it a bit mature thematically but she loved it; she laughed out loud, she shared passages, she was touched and troubled by the events that occurred in the lives of the YaYas.  I remember feeling that was when I read the book, as if you were revisiting old friends.  And, like my daughter, was sad to see the book end.