{"product_id":"pearl-verses-the-world-isbn-9780763648213","title":"Pearl Verses the World","description":"\u003cb\u003eAt 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePearl 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.Potter’s evocative pencil-and-wash drawings, with their excellent renderings of facial expressions and mood, wonderfully complement Murphy’s thoughtful narrative in depicting the emotions of a scene. Altogether, the tale has much to offer in terms of grappling with personal identity as well as the death of a beloved. A tender, therapeutic treatment of loss, perfect for children dealing with the baffling complexities of adult dementia.\u003cbr\u003e—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003cb\u003eSally Murphy \u003c\/b\u003ewrites reviews for \u003ci\u003eReading Time, \u003c\/i\u003ethe magazine of the Children’s Book Council of Australia, and runs a website that reviews Australian books. \u003ci\u003ePearl Verses the World\u003c\/i\u003e has won the 2010 Australian Family Therapists' Award for Children's Literature as well as the 2010 Australian Speech Pathology Book of the Year Award for Best Book for Language Development. She lives in Wheatbelt, a tiny town in Australia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeather Potter \u003c\/b\u003eis an illustrator based in Melbourne, Australia.","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304506282213,"sku":"NP9780763648213","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780763648213.jpg?v=1767734591","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/pearl-verses-the-world-isbn-9780763648213","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}