The Center of Everything
Autor Linda Urbanen Limba Engleză Hardback – 5 mar 2013 – vârsta până la 12 ani
Spring
2013
Kids'
Indie
Next
List
For Ruby Pepperdine, the “center of everything” is on the rooftop of Pepperdine Motors in her donut-obsessed town of Bunning, New Hampshire, stargazing from the circle of her grandmother Gigi’s hug. That’s how everything is supposed to be—until Ruby messes up and things spin out of control. But she has one last hope. It all depends on what happens on Bunning Day, when the entire town will hear Ruby read her winning essay. And it depends on her twelfth birthday wish—unless she messes that up too. Can Ruby’s wish set everything straight in her topsy-turvy world?
For Ruby Pepperdine, the “center of everything” is on the rooftop of Pepperdine Motors in her donut-obsessed town of Bunning, New Hampshire, stargazing from the circle of her grandmother Gigi’s hug. That’s how everything is supposed to be—until Ruby messes up and things spin out of control. But she has one last hope. It all depends on what happens on Bunning Day, when the entire town will hear Ruby read her winning essay. And it depends on her twelfth birthday wish—unless she messes that up too. Can Ruby’s wish set everything straight in her topsy-turvy world?
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780547763484
ISBN-10: 0547763484
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 127 x 191 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: HMH Books
Colecția Hmh Books for Young Readers
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 0547763484
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 127 x 191 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: HMH Books
Colecția Hmh Books for Young Readers
Locul publicării:United States
Recenzii
VOYA
Top
Shelf
for
Middle
School
Readers
2013
list
"The Center of Everythingtravels a satisfying, circular path that deliberately echoes the shape of a donut. . . . Wishing has a useful place both in childhood and in this novel; but so, too, does reality, especially when rendered with this kind of sensitivity."
—Meg Wolitzer,The New York Times Book Review
"The Center of Everythingtravels a satisfying, circular path that deliberately echoes the shape of a donut. . . . Wishing has a useful place both in childhood and in this novel; but so, too, does reality, especially when rendered with this kind of sensitivity."
—Meg Wolitzer,The New York Times Book Review
"Another
gem
from
one
of
my
favorite
authors!
Ruby
Pepperdine
and
her
wish
will
work
their
way
into
the
center
of
your
heart,
where
they’ll
remain
(along
with
a
yearning
for
donuts)
long
after
you
close
the
book."
—Ingrid
Law,
author
ofSavvy,a
Newbery
Honor
Book
"A beautiful, sensitive, thoughtful novel that will make you think and smile and think some more, and fall in love with Linda Urban's books."
—Kathryn Erskine, National Book Award-winner
"A beautiful, sensitive, thoughtful novel that will make you think and smile and think some more, and fall in love with Linda Urban's books."
—Kathryn Erskine, National Book Award-winner
"Every
book
by
Linda
Urban
makes
me
laugh,
cry,
hope,
wonder,
and
fall
in
love
with
her
writing.
WithThe
Center
of
Everything,she
has
done
it
again!"
—Barbara
O’Connor,
author
ofHow
to
Steal
a
Dog
*
"Throughout
this
slim,
affecting
novel,
Urban
treats
Ruby's
bewilderment
with
care,
and
gracefully
reinforces
the
value
of
friends,
family,
and
community."
—Booklist,starred review
"Ruby's large imagination and even bigger heart are beautifully evoked as the sixth grader finds a way to keep the memory of her grandmother alive."
—Publishers Weekly
* "A poignant, finely wrought exploration of grief."
—Kirkus,starred review
"By turns thought-provoking, humorous, and poignant, Ruby's story introduces a multi-faceted character well worth meeting."
—Horn Book
—Booklist,starred review
"Ruby's large imagination and even bigger heart are beautifully evoked as the sixth grader finds a way to keep the memory of her grandmother alive."
—Publishers Weekly
* "A poignant, finely wrought exploration of grief."
—Kirkus,starred review
"By turns thought-provoking, humorous, and poignant, Ruby's story introduces a multi-faceted character well worth meeting."
—Horn Book
"Give this to patient readers who enjoy Polly Horvath'sThe Vacation(2005) andEverything on a Waffle(2001)."
—School Library Journal
* "[Urban] compactly, gently addresses some common aspects of grief: the isolation, the regrets, the bargaining, and the epistemological questions about meaning. . . . This is a terrific first step up for kids who are just beginning to explore more complicated novels."
—Bulletin,starred review
Notă biografică
Linda
Urban’s
debut
novel,A
Crooked
Kind
of
Perfect,
was
selected
for
many
best
books
lists
and
was
nominated
for
twenty
state
awards.
Her
novelHound
Dog
Truereceived
four
starred
reviews
and
was
named
a
Kirkus
Best
Book
of
2011.
A
former
bookseller,
she
lives
in
Montpelier,
Vermont,
with
her
family.Visit
her
website
at
www.lindaurbanbooks.com.
Descriere
From
the
author
of
the
acclaimed
A
CROOKED
KIND
OF
PERFECT
and
HOUND
DOG
TRUE
comes
a
middle-grade
novel
about
donuts,
a
birthday
wish,
and
making
things
right
with
the
ones
you
love.