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Gr 5–7—Emma is resigned to the seeming reality that her name, spoken aloud, is her identity. Just 12, bright and nearly six feet tall, she feels invisible at school in her New England coastal town. Her mother, Donatella, owns a bead shop, and the many beads in her shop, with individual shapes, colors, and origins, are an apt metaphor for the novel's cast of varied characters. Quiet Emma, for instance, keeps lists to organize her life and often feels like the adult to her short, round Italian mother, who dresses and acts like a t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Twelve-year-old Emma doesn't fit in--not at school and certainly not at home with her kooky mother and kind-of-out-of-i...Log In or Sign Up to Read More