The Secret Blog of Raisin Rodriguez

Raisin on boys: I can’t believe Jeremy hasn’t figured out yet that cottage cheese is just milk nobody wanted. I was dying to tell him this, but sometimes you have to let people learn from their mistakes.

Raisin on beauty: You know how they tell you to break open a vitamin A pill and spread it on your imperfections? I highly disrecommend it—I tried it last night, and now I smell like cod.

Raisin on philosophy: Life is full of little lessons. For example, today I learned that when mothers say things like “today will be better than yesterday,” they don’t necessarily know what they’re talking about.


Raising Rodriguez has just been dragged from Berkeley, California, all the way to Philadelphia. Now she has to start a new school, make all new friends, and adjust to living with her brand new stepfamily and their kooky dog. Luckily she can always vent to her two best friends from home in her secret blog. She’s telling them all her most personal and private secrets (not to mention some other people’s secrets). After all, it’s not like anyone else will ever read it . . . right?