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Semiprecious

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By D. Anne Love
Publisher Simon Schuster - (Margaret K. McElderry Books)
Semiprecious
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Its the middle of summer in Mirabeau, Texas, but already Garnet Hubbard looks forward to fall to entering seventh grade and becoming a teenager at last. With Opal, her beautiful and popular fourteenyearold sister, as her guide, Garnet is sure to have a great year. But everything changes when their mother, Melanie, packs them up and heads for Nashville, determined to fulfill her lifelong dream of becoming a country singer. Almost before they know it, Melanie drops the girls at her sisters house in Oklahoma, assuring them shell be back just as soon as shes settled in Tennessee. But when a few days turn into a few weeks and beyond, with no Melanie in sight, the girls begin to realize what has happened.While Opal soon becomes one of the most popular girls in school, her younger sister struggles. For Garnet, getting used to her new life means trying to figure out how to have pride in herself when it seems she has little to offer the world and the odds are stacked against her. With only each other to lean on, Melanies precious gems must learn to live with the hand theyve been dealt and to accept the changing face of their family.Set in the early 1960s and beautifully told by D. Anne Love,Semipreciousis a powerful, poignant, and often funny comingofage novel that will stay with readers long after the turn of the final page.

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62532 words62,532 words
304 pages304 pages
Lexile 860LLexile 860L
Grade 5 to 10Grade 5 to 10
Age 10-15Age 10-15
Published 2006Published 2006

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9780689856389

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