Raisin looks forward to her Christmas Break in California with her father and her two best friends Pia and Claudia. She is concerned about leaving her boyfriend CJ behind while she is gone. When she arrives in CA, she realizes that nothing is the same as she left it. Her friends have apparently replaced her, her father has a new relationship and even her favorite restaurant has a new menu. Raisin feels left behind in this third installment of her blog.
Raisin is a fun kid who gets herself into many embarrassing situations. I would not recommend reading this book without previously reading the two before. I, for the first time, saw a connection between Raisin and Junie B. Jones. ( )

The third installment of the Raisin Rodriguez series finds Raisin returning to Berkley to visit her divorced dad and her two best friends. Raisin returns longing for the things she remembers only to find that things have definitely moved on without her. Her favorite restaurant has changed, her friends have changed and even her own father's life is moving along. This leave Raisin wondering if she should have ever should have returned to California at all. ( )