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PreS-Gr 3—Perkins, who broke readers' hearts with Home Lovely, and with every book since, elevates the ordinary—again—in this story about objects we simply do not really see: a fallen leaf, a cloud, a flower. In the mental meanderings of the narrator, who is white, nongendered, and lyrically minded, "I wonder about things like, can a rock in a puddle be an island? And think about if the rock in the puddle is on a boulder in a pond. And what if that pond is on a small island in a lake? And what if that lake is on a bigger island, out in the ocean? It would be ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More