Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Grow with Jazz

Monsoon Summer transports an endearing mixed-race, Jasmine to the country of her mother's birth. The reader walks with her, experiencing the vibrant beauty and complexity of Indian culture as well as the inward journey of Jazz toward accepting her own beauty and complexity. Perkins does not shy away from the harder questions around poverty and injustice, raising the story a notch above mainsteam young adult literature. As Jazz's heart softens toward the poor, so does mine, a feeling that has stayed with me. A must read for mixed race youths or anyone else willing to probe their feelings about poverty.