The Perfect Place - Teresa E. Harris 电子书mobi+epub
Product details
Age Range: 10 - 12 years
Grade Level: 5 - 7
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition (January 16, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1328784185
ISBN-13: 978-1328784186
The Perfect Place Paperback – January 16, 2018
by Teresa E. Harris (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Place-Teresa-Harris/dp/1328784185
Product details
Age Range: 10 - 12 years
Grade Level: 5 - 7
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition (January 16, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1328784185
ISBN-13: 978-1328784186
“Pretty near perfect.”—Kirkus Reviews
Treasure’s father has been gone for months. He’s done it before, but has never taken this long to send word, and Mom is tired of waiting.
So Mom leaves Treasure and Tiffany with her aunt Grace while she goes looking for him. Great-Aunt Grace can’t cook and she doesn’t even own a TV. Treasure is sure that the weeks she is stuck there will be the worst of her life. She also knows eventually she’ll find the perfect place: a home with just Mom, Dad, and Tiffany.
But living with Great-Aunt Grace isn’t like Treasure expected.
Turns out, the perfect place isn't always what you imagine it to be.
Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
Gr 5–7—In this moving and insightful debut, 12-year-old Treasure is tired of moving from place to place every time her unreliable father leaves the family. At the opening of the novel, Treasure's father is gone and her mother leaves her and her younger sister, Tiffany, with their Great-Aunt Grace in the small town of Black Lake, Virginia. Treasure does not want to be there, and her introduction to her no-nonsense relative only strengthens her resolve to stay detached during her mother's absence. Great-Aunt Grace does not mince words. Among the first things she tells Treasure and Tiffany are her rules: "I don't take no sass," she says before pulling out her ever present pack of cigarettes. While working in Grace's small candy store, Treasure begins to meet other memorable residents of Black Lake, including Terrance, a boy with whom she tentatively establishes a friendship, and Jaguar, a wealthy girl who purposely causes trouble for the protagonist. It is Great-Aunt Grace, however, who steals the show. While readers expect that she is concealing a kinder heart than she's willing to expose, the development of the genuinely warm relationship between Treasure and Grace is memorable. Harris weaves humor, a light mystery, and a tender coming-of-age story in this unforgettable novel. Each of the characters, including minor ones, are well-drawn with distinctive and authentic voices. Like Dorothy in Frank L. Baum's The Wizard of Oz, Treasure learns that she was already in the "perfect place," but her journey to that realization is rich and rewarding.—Shelley Sommer, Inly School, Scituate, MA --This text refers to the Library Binding edition.
Review
"Though good family-in-transition stories are not rare, ones that authentically portray an African American experience are, and readers will find this one pretty near perfect."
—Kirkus
"Harris weaves humor, a light mystery, and a tender coming-of-age story in this unforgettable novel."
—School Library Journal
"Readers will find sly humor here as well as the pleasure of seeing justice done on several levels. A satisfying first novel with a realistic but heartening ending."
—Booklist
"The small-town dynamics draw on recognizable characters without becoming stereotypes; Great-Aunt Grace, for instance, is full of surprises. Treasure herself is a resourceful and mature sixth-grader who stands up for herself and earns the well-deserved respect of the adults in her life."
—Bulletin
About the Author
Teresa E. Harris earned her bachelor's degree in English from Columbia University and an MFA in Writing for Children from Vermont College, where she won numerous awards.
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