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The Coldest Winter Ever

**The author of this story is ** Sister Souljah. The **Publication Information for the story is **Pocketbook/ Simon & Schuster 1999 (paperback) New York, NY, and the **genre of the story is **Drama/Urban Fiction.

 The Coldest Winter Ever is the story of tricks, and turns made by a teenage girl named Winter Santiaga.

The main characters of the story are Winter Santiaga, Ricky Santiaga, Midnight, and Mrs. Santiaga Winter Santiaga can be described as arrogant, controlling, rude, spoiled, and money hungry. Ricky Santiaga can be described as controlling, calm, and protective. Midnight would be described as intellectual, strong, and mysterious. Mrs. Santiaga is also money hungry, needy, and unstable.

The theme of the story is to get it by any means necessary. Drugs, greed, pride, power, and lust are parts of the rule that everyone abides by. For example Winter’s father is a well known drug dealer and she and her family receives whatever they want from him.

The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah is the story of a 17 year-old girl from Brooklyn, NY named Winter Santiaga. Her life is full of twist once her father, a notorious drug dealer is sent to prison. She and her little sisters are separated from their mother, and more bad things come her way. The story began with the introduction of Winter and how she has it made because her father is a big-time and powerful drug dealer. Winter receives whatever she wants, and when she isn’t getting what she wants from him she gets it from one of her “sugar daddies.” In the middle of the story Winter’s father was sent to prison and her mother goes insane. As her mother goes crazy Winters’ little sister are taken away and put into foster care. Luckily for winter she goes back to Brooklyn and hides until she is rated out by now her ex best friend, and she is sent to House Of Success group home. When things once again turn out for the worst winter runs away and ends up living with Sister Souljah, but things don’t turn out as planed and she runs off with an old flame “Bullet.” In the end of the story Winter is sent to prison for 15 years all because she was caught with illegal possession of drugs and guns. After being in prison for eight years she was only able to be released to go to her mother’s funeral. At the funeral she was able to see midnight the boy she was madly in love with, her father, and her twin sisters Lexus and Mercedes. She also saw her sister Porsche who turned out to be just like her. I think the story was more effective than anything because after reading the story it makes you think about how society just keeps going downhill, and how everyone is against one another. I think real strong points of the story were when Winter lived with Sister Souljah because she tried to make everyone get along, and be uplifting. The weak points are throughout the entire story. I say this because no one was together; everyone strived to be the best, and to look the best. It was like no one has any common sense, or a mind of their own. I think the author’s purpose of the book was achieved because her purpose of the book was to show how it is in today’s society. I do agree with the author’s point of view because she is right about how our community needs to stick together. I find the book interesting. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Yes I would recommend this book because I think it could show other young teens like myself how we need to come together, and stop violence.