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Title details for Finding Perfect by Elly Swartz - Wait list

Finding Perfect

by Elly Swartz
ebook

To twelve-year-old Molly Nathans, perfect is:
—The number four
—The tip of a newly sharpened No. 2 pencil
—A crisp white pad of paper
—Her neatly aligned glass animal figurines
What's not perfect is Molly's mother leaving the family to take a faraway job with the promise to return in one year. Molly knows that promises are sometimes broken, so she hatches a plan to bring her mother home: Win the Lakeville Middle School Poetry Slam Contest. The winner is honored at a fancy banquet with white tablecloths. Molly is sure her mother would never miss that. Right...?
But as time passes, writing and reciting slam poetry become harder. Actually, everything becomes harder as new habits appear, and counting, cleaning, and organizing are not enough to keep Molly's world from spinning out of control. In this fresh-voiced debut novel, one girl learns there is no such thing as perfect.

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Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Kindle Book

  • Release date: October 18, 2016

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9780374303136
  • File size: 365 KB
  • Release date: October 18, 2016

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780374303136
  • File size: 365 KB
  • Release date: October 18, 2016
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Formats

Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:3.7
Lexile® Measure:550
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:2-3

To twelve-year-old Molly Nathans, perfect is:
—The number four
—The tip of a newly sharpened No. 2 pencil
—A crisp white pad of paper
—Her neatly aligned glass animal figurines
What's not perfect is Molly's mother leaving the family to take a faraway job with the promise to return in one year. Molly knows that promises are sometimes broken, so she hatches a plan to bring her mother home: Win the Lakeville Middle School Poetry Slam Contest. The winner is honored at a fancy banquet with white tablecloths. Molly is sure her mother would never miss that. Right...?
But as time passes, writing and reciting slam poetry become harder. Actually, everything becomes harder as new habits appear, and counting, cleaning, and organizing are not enough to keep Molly's world from spinning out of control. In this fresh-voiced debut novel, one girl learns there is no such thing as perfect.

Expand title description text
Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature