Pearl verses the world (#0144JQ3)

by Murphy, Sally; illustrated by Potter, Heather

5 reviews & awards | 4 full-text reviews

Hardcover Candlewick Press, c2009, p2011
Price: USD 14.10
Description: 73 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Dewey: -Fic-; Audience: Upper Elementary; Reading Level: 4.1
AR 3.7 MG 1 146256EN; RC 3.4 4; LEX 600L; F&P P
From the publisher: Grades 3-7; Ages 8-12
From Kirkus: Ages 8-12; SLJ: Gr 2-4


 


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Product Overview
From Follett

Pearl feels like an island in school, isolated and alone, but at home she feels loved and secure until her grandmother's illness changes the way Pearl views her world.

From the Publisher
At school, Pearl is a group of one, and at home her beloved granny is fading. A poignant gem of a tale about independence, grief, and finding your place.

Pearl likes to write poems, but despite the insistence of her teacher, Ms. Bruff, Pearl's poems don't rhyme, and neither does she. She wishes she could grow gills so she could stay underwater in swim class without drowning. And she hasn't a clue why perfect Prudence bumps her desk and sends her pencils flying. Pearl thinks there's no nicer sound than the bell at the end of the day, even though back at home, Granny, always a crucial part of their family of three, sometimes doesn't recognize Pearl, and Mom is tired from providing constant care. In a lyrical novel told with clear-eyed sympathy, humor, and heart, Sally Murphy follows a girl who holds fast to her individuality even as she learns to let go-- and in daring to share her voice, discovers that maybe she's not a group of one after all.

Product Details
  • Publisher: Candlewick Press
  • Publication Date: August 23, 2011
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
  • Dewey: -Fic-
  • Classifications: Fiction
  • Description: 73 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Tracings: Potter, Heather, illustrator.
  • ISBN-10: 0-7636-4821-3
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-7636-4821-3
  • LCCN: 2010-040149
  • Follett Number: 0144JQ3
  • Reading Level: 4.1
  • Audience: Upper Elementary
  • Grades: 3-7
  • Ages: 8-12
  • Kirkus: Ages 8-12
  • School Library Journal: Gr 2-4
  • ATOS Book Level: 3.7
  • AR Interest Level: MG
  • AR Points: 1
  • AR Quiz: 146256EN
  • Reading Counts Level: 3.4
  • Reading Counts Points: 4
  • Lexile: 600L
  • Fountas & Pinnell: P

Reviews & Awards
  • Horn Book Magazine, 09/01/11
  • Horn Book Magazine, 04/01/12
  • Kirkus Reviews starred, 07/15/11
  • School Library Journal, 09/01/11
  • Wilson's Children, 10/01/12

Full-Text Reviews
Horn Book Guide starred (Spring 2012)
In this extended free-verse monologue, Pearl tells of her grandmother's last days and dementia-related death. The voice is unpretentious, and Murphy accords Pearl real dignity in her grief. Personality-rich pencil-and-ink drawings support the gentle tone. The book's comfort, the truth that bereavement changes relationships, and sometimes for the better, is at just the right pitch for Pearl and for her readers.

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