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The Center of Everything
By Urban, Linda
- ISBN
- 978-0-547-76348-4
- Publisher
- Harcourt (Harcourt Trade Publishers)
REVIEWS
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2013
Every year, the sixth graders at Bunning Elementary School in southern New Hampshire create a color wheel. Their art teacher, Mrs. Thomas, gives basic instructions: include twelve colors, put them in order, and identify the complementary ones. She provides a model that looks like a bicycle wheel with spokes; Ruby Pepperdine completes the assignment by making her wheel just like Mrs. Thomas's. This, Ruby believes, is what she's "supposed to do." Tr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2013 | Intermediate Fiction
Instructed to make a color wheel, Ruby completes the assignment by making one just like the art teacher's. This, Ruby...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on March 1, 2013
Young readers will easily relate to Ruby, the protagonist of this moving and satisfying story about loss, regrets, and wishes. Linda Urban employs an engaging and unique narrative structure: the book takes place over the course of a single day, and interspersed flashback...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
