D. Anne Love
Hardcover | Pages: 285 pages Rating: 4.07 | 311 Users | 56 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Semiprecious |
| ISBN: | 0689856385 (ISBN13: 9780689856389) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Garnet Hubbard, Opal Hubbard |
| Setting: | Oklahoma(United States) Texas(United States) Tennessee(United States) …more Nashville, Tennessee(United States) …less |
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It's 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 fourteen-year-old 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 sister's house in Oklahoma, assuring them she'll be back just as soon as she's 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, Melanie's "precious gems" must learn to live with the hand they've been dealt and to accept the changing face of their family.
Set in the early 1960s and beautifully told by D. Anne Love, Semiprecious is a powerful, poignant, and often funny coming-of-age novel that will stay with readers long after the turn of the final page.
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| Title | : | Semiprecious |
| Author | : | D. Anne Love |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 285 pages |
| Published | : | July 1st 2006 by Margaret K. McElderry Books (first published June 20th 2006) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Realistic Fiction. Childrens. Middle Grade |
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Ratings: 4.07 From 311 Users | 56 ReviewsCommentary Based On Books Semiprecious
Garnet and Opal are happy in their sheltered existence of small-town Texas. But when their mother decides to uproot them to travel to Nashville to make a name for herself in music. The girls are not happy, but they really don't have a choice, do they? They are unceremoniously dropped off at their Aunt Julia's house and mom doesn't even stay for dinner. Eventually the girls realize that their mother never intended to come back for them. Even when their father is gravelly injured, the only thingSemiprecious, by D. Anne Love, is an amazing story about friendship and love. She makes her message loud and clear: True family isn't the people you live with, and it isn't your mother or father. It is just who cares for you the most. Two sisters, Garnet and Opal Hubbard are being transformed, from their normal happy life in Mirabeau, Texas, to a rough insecure one in Willow Flats, Oklahoma. Their mother leaves them to become a country singer in Nashville, and their father is injured, so they
Its a decent book; however, I wasnt overly impressed with the end and neither was the student I read it with, so that was a bit of a bummer.
A great story that some people could relate to! it really is a real adventure!
This was a really good book, because I liked how the author wrote and how she built up the plot/suspense in the story. I could never tell what was going to happen next.
I thought that this book had a great story line to it. It wasn't stuff that I could like guess what is going to happen next. Garnet and her sister Opal's small town lives change when their mother decides to follow her dreams. They go from a small town in Texas to a small town in Oklahoma, to live with their Aunt Julia. Still being in a small town setting, isn't what the girls wanted to start school in. Especially since Opal is starting high school, and Garnet is beginning jr. high. As for their
Good book! Garnet and her sister Opal live in Texas with their parents. Dad is often away from work. One morning, their mom decides she wants to move to Nashville to pursue her singing career. She drops the girls off at their aunt Julia's house in Oklahoma, promising to be back once she's succeeded. Julia takes the girls in, but doesn't have the money to care for them. As they begin to settle in and get used to each other, their father is in an accident. Opal is beautiful and well- liked, she
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