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Money Hungry is a 2001 middle-grade novel by American author Sharon G. Flake published by Little, Brown and Company. A Coretta Scott King Honor book, Money Hungry is the first book in Flake’s Raspberry Hill series. It explores 13-year-old Raspberry Hill’s hunger for money and the lengths to which she will go to acquire it. Stemming from a period of homelessness in her childhood, Raspberry will do almost anything to earn enough money to move her and Momma out of the projects, even if doing so means causing damage to her relationships with those she loves. The text explores such themes as greed and the lasting effects of childhood trauma.
Plot Summary
Money Hungry begins on Valentine’s Day. The 13-year-old protagonist, Raspberry Hill, is angry at her mother. After seeing Momma kissing Dr. Mitchell, a wealthy doctor and her friend Zora’s father, Raspberry rips up the card she was going to give Momma. On the ride to school, Raspberry asks Momma about the nature of her relationship with Dr. Mitchell, but Momma brushes her off. At school, Raspberry tries to make money selling expired chocolate, which appears to make a student sick.
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