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Pieces of Georgia
By Bryant, Jen
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37583-259-8 978-0-37593-259-5
- Publisher
- Knopf
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2006
Gr 5-Up In a blend of free verse and diary/journal, 13-year-old Georgia pours her heart out to her mother, who died six years ago. She and her father are still suffering. Because of their financial situation (shaky) and Georgia's frequent stomachaches and lack of participation in class, she ends up on an -At Risk - list that requires her to see a school counselor. Mrs. Yocum makes a deal with her: if Georgia will write down all of the things...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2006
In a series of letters to her dead mother, budding artist Georgia McCoy struggles with poverty, her relationships with her best friend and her grieving father, and her own sorrow. When she turns thirteen, she receives an anonymous gift—a membership in the nearby Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. In between dog walks and caring for the horses boarded at the farm where she and he...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
