| All Alone in the Universe Contributor(s): Perkins, Lynne Rae (Author) |
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ISBN: 0380733021 ISBN-13: 9780380733026 Publisher: Greenwillow Books OUR PRICE: $7.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: Debbie and Maureen have been best friends since third grade. Then Glenna comes along, and somehow Debbie feels as if she's been set adrift--all alone in the universe. How Debbie gradually comes to terms with the loss of an important friendship is at the heart of this award-winning first novel. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Self-esteem & Self-reliance |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 98050093 |
| Lexile Measure: 720 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.24" W x 7.54" (0.33 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Topical - Friendship |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 34798 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Before last summer Maureen and I were best friends....At least I think we were. I don't know what happened exactly. As some people who get hit by trucks sometimes say, 'I didn't see anything coming.' When her best friend since the third grade starts acting as though Debbie doesn't exist, Debbie finds out the hard way that life can be a lonesome place. But in the end the heroine of this wryly funny coming-of-age story--a girl who lives in a house covered with stuff that is supposed to look like bricks but is just a fake brick pattern--discovers that even the hourly tragedies of junior high school can have silver linings, just as a house covered with Insul-Brick can protect a real home. This first novel shines--fun, engrossing, bittersweet, and wonderfully unpredictable. |
Contributor Bio(s): Perkins, Lynne Rae: - Lynne Rae Perkins was awarded the Newbery Medal for Criss Cross. She is the author of four other novels--All Alone in the Universe, As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth, Nuts to You, and Secret Sisters of the Salty Sea. Lynne Rae Perkins has also written and illustrated several acclaimed picture books, including Frank and Lucky Get Schooled; The Broken Cat; Snow Music Pictures from Our Vacation; and The Cardboard Piano. The author lives with her family in northern Michigan. www.lynnerae.com |