Lullabies

Lullabies for little criminals was definitely my favorite read of this class. I LOVED this book. From it's pretty green cover just until before the ending I was obsessed. I didn't enjoy the ending so much as I had been anticipating a more drastic ending. Although Jules turning on Baby was unexpected, so was the rest of the novel, and such a simple ending did not suffice. What 12 year old knows about heroine, takes mushrooms and has a pimp?? I think i was expecting Jules to die or Baby to become an addict herself, and was let down when they simply drove away. I suppose what I'm trying to say is that I was let down that someones father didn't die and that a child wasn't a heroine addict--*Good story ending purposes only*

Lullabies is the type of book that makes you appreciate your own life because of how depressing the story is. It helps you appreciate how good your life is, and how lucky you are to have good parents and friends. For a young Canadian like myself to read about a child so close to where I am dealing with such hardships is very eye-opening. Often times during the novel I found myself telling my friends "Oh my god Baby did this and she is only twelve years old!" Sometimes I had to stop myself and Remember that Baby was only a child because everything she does seems so adult like, as she is just as mature as her father. It is so sad to read about a man who loves his child more than anything, yet is unable to treat her well enough due to his addiction.

I did however find this book comical. I feel that Baby had only partially lost her innocence, her 'street innocence' so to speak. She knew about all the 'bad' things kids are not suppose to know about until some other kid fills them in in elementary like sex for instance; and even worse things children shouldn't know about like drugs, pimps and dirty sayings. The fact that this twelve year old would play with her doll, and love it like a little girl would, then call it a bitch was funny to me. It was almost like Baby was a twenty-six year old child, much like Jules.

I really enjoyed reading Baby's search for love, truth and acceptance and will likely read this book again and recommend it to others!