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Item Nr: B 116556 Title: Center of Everything
Grade Lvl: I Author: Urban, Linda
Length: 197 Prod/Pub: Harcourt Children's Books
Copyright: 2013 Series:
Book Type: FC Biographee:
Copies: 2 Loan Period: 42 days
 
  Ruby Pepperdine thinks her life is perfect until her best friend gets mad at her and her grandmother, Gigi, passes away. When she finds her life falling apart around her, she regrets the problems she has caused and searches for a way to set things right. She decides to pin her hopes on Burning Day, when the town will listen to her read her winning essay, and her twelfth birthday wish, which she hopes will be the key to putting her life back on track. AR 4.9 RC 5.4 Lexile 830 IL 4-6.

  Subjects:
  488 - FAMILY
  534 - FRIENDSHIP
  301 - GRIEF/BEREAVEMENT
  1406 - INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS
  1678 - LEXILE 800-899
  898 - PUBLIC SPEAKING
  700 - REALISTIC FICTION
  965 - SCHOOL STORIES