The Center of Everything is a really good book about a 12-year-old girl, Ruby Pepperdine, who who lives in the donut-obsessed town of Bunning, New Hampshire. Her life is as normal as normal goes, until a chain of events ruins the "center of everything" for her. From her grandmother Gigi's death to losing her best friend, Ruby is in-balanced on the inside. I really liked how Urban creates a world of an average girl who has something unusual happen to her. This book is great for reader's who like to jump from present-tense to past-tense with a hint of friendship problems mixed in.
The Center of Everything
By Linda Urban
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 4 - 5 | R | 4.9 | 27942 |
Spring 2013 Kids' Indie Next List
For Ruby Pepperdine, the “center of everything” is on the rooftop of Pepperdine Motors in her donut-obsessed town of Bunning, New Hampshire, stargazing from the circle of her grandmother Gigi’s hug. That’s how everything is supposed to be—until Ruby messes up and things spin out of control. But she has one last hope. It all depends on what happens on Bunning Day, when the entire town will hear Ruby read her winning essay. And it depends on her twelfth birthday wish—unless she messes that up too. Can Ruby’s wish set everything straight in her topsy-turvy world?
For Ruby Pepperdine, the “center of everything” is on the rooftop of Pepperdine Motors in her donut-obsessed town of Bunning, New Hampshire, stargazing from the circle of her grandmother Gigi’s hug. That’s how everything is supposed to be—until Ruby messes up and things spin out of control. But she has one last hope. It all depends on what happens on Bunning Day, when the entire town will hear Ruby read her winning essay. And it depends on her twelfth birthday wish—unless she messes that up too. Can Ruby’s wish set everything straight in her topsy-turvy world?
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
ISBN-13: 9780544340695
ISBN-10: 0544340698
Published on 2/3/2015
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 208