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4th out of 55 books
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33 voters
Pieces of Georgia
Like her mother, Georgia McCoy is an artist, but her dad looks away whenever he sees her with a sketchbook. Sometimes it’s hard to remember what it was like when her mother was still alive . . . when they were a family . . . when they were happy. But then a few days after her 13th birthday, Georgia receives an unexpected gift–a strange, formal letter, all typed up and sign...more
Hardcover, 166 pages
Published
April 11th 2006
by Knopf Books for Young Readers
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This book is very tuching and this girl must go through a hard time at home. I realy recamend this book to girls and lotsofmpeople bacuseu will understand what people go through
The book begins when Georgia, an aspiring artist, receives an anonymous gift of a free membership to an art museum. Georgia's father has become emotionally withdrawn since the death of his wife. He works all the time, leaving Georgia alone in the afternoons with there dog. She begins visiting the museum after school, but...more
The book begins when Georgia, an aspiring artist, receives an anonymous gift of a free membership to an art museum. Georgia's father has become emotionally withdrawn since the death of his wife. He works all the time, leaving Georgia alone in the afternoons with there dog. She begins visiting the museum after school, but...more
It took me a few tries to get into this book, but now that I have finished it in it's entirety I really appreciated this book. I lost my father when I was eight years old, so reading this book brought back a lot of feelings, and how I could sympathize with Georgia. I thought it was cool how this book was written like a diary, and it was just open and candid about this girl's life. I think that this book would help a lot of people deal with a death in their family very well, and just help them in...more
I absolutely loved this little book. It was really sweet and charming. It grew on me because it was written as a journal of this little girl trying to cope with living with her dad and missing her mom, and figuring out where she fits in. I absolutely loved that she was a little artist like her mom and the relationship between Georgia, her father, her teachers, her friends, and writing to her mom. I loved it because when my favorite Aunt, who I was really close to died, I wrote her letters for a...more
GENRE: Fiction, realistic fiction, verse.
SUMMARY: For six years it's just been Georgia and her father, after her artist mother passed away. Her father doesn't want to talk about Georgia's mom, her death, or anything that reminds him of her. Thus, Georgia has no outlet for her emotions, until her school guidance counselor gives her a journal and suggests that she writes her feelings down there, as well as what Georgia might tell or ask her mother if she were here. Georgia dives right in, and desc...more
SUMMARY: For six years it's just been Georgia and her father, after her artist mother passed away. Her father doesn't want to talk about Georgia's mom, her death, or anything that reminds him of her. Thus, Georgia has no outlet for her emotions, until her school guidance counselor gives her a journal and suggests that she writes her feelings down there, as well as what Georgia might tell or ask her mother if she were here. Georgia dives right in, and desc...more
Great book. This is a diary written in verse.
Georgia, the narrator, lost her mother 6 years before. The story picks up when she is in junior high. She and her father have been very introverted since the death of her mother and a counselor at school gives her a diary to write down everything she wants to say to her mother. Georgia loves art and drawing, just like her mom, and is surprised when and anonymous person buys her a year membership to the local museum. Georgia's journey to patching the...more
Georgia, the narrator, lost her mother 6 years before. The story picks up when she is in junior high. She and her father have been very introverted since the death of her mother and a counselor at school gives her a diary to write down everything she wants to say to her mother. Georgia loves art and drawing, just like her mom, and is surprised when and anonymous person buys her a year membership to the local museum. Georgia's journey to patching the...more
I love the protagonist of this book. She is a quiet, thoughtful girl with concerns both typical and not, and she is definitely easy to relate to but not boring. The other characters are as memorable. Unfortunately, the characters were undoubtedly the greatest aspect of the book. The writing is merely okay and not as wonderfully descriptive as I would hope for a book about an artist-type, and I see no reason for it to be in verse. Furthermore, there are almost no aspects of the book that isn't pr...more
Thirteen-year old Georgia McCoy’s mother, an artist, died when she was a little girl. Unable to express her emotions to anyone, especially her distant father who still grieves for his wife, Georgia is given a journal by her guidance counselor to share what she is feeling with her mother. Out of Georgia’s writings, pours a wonderful story—told in journal form—of a young teen trying to come to terms with her loss, reconnect with her father, help her over-achieving, over-scheduled best friend, deal...more
Though I don't usually like novels written in free verse, or cliched poor orphans, I ended up loving this one. It ends hopefully without being cheesy or too neat.
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I liked this and I'm torn between giving it 3 and 4 stars because I think it takes all the way to end of the novel for it to really become a good book. There's a lot of stuff going on here and the narrator, Georgia, is very likable but you don't quite come to love the other characters until the end. Overall the best thing about this book is the mood that the author creates. You feel for this Georgia and you understand how her life has been affected by the loss of her mother, yet the whole story...more
I wanted to love this novel-in-verse (a book written in unrhymed poetry) because I think that typically these are great reads that go fast and help you non-readers feel like reading can be done more painlessly. The author did catch the dark tone of a teen who has recently unexpectedly lost her mother to an illness. And certainly, if you are an artist, or have an artist's heart, you may enjoy reading this novel--a journal of Georgia's unspoken words to her mother. While I read it quickly and felt...more
I love how Jen Bryant wrote this book (the structure). It's journal entries by a 7th grade girl, Georgia, who is trying to puzzle out events leading up to and following her mother's death - get "closure." I wish I felt comfortable putting this book on the shelves of my 6th grade classroom, but references to drugs and a friend who actually abuses Ritalin is not the best combination for my kids right now. Even though the lesson in the end is not to use them, I think my kids can choose to read this...more
Aug 12, 2007
Bridget
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
5th-7th grade girls
Shelves:
childrensbooks
Journal entries from a 7th grade girl to her dead mother-a bit of a tear jerker!
Pieces of Georgia is about a girl who is thoughtful, likes animals, and loves to sketch. Her mother died and she lives with her father in a trailer park. He is a caring father but is very shy and doesn't want to talk about her mother. I was surprised that this was not a downer. Georgia's perspective is acknowledgement of her difficulties and acceptance. It is quite admirable.
All of the characters, except perhaps the History teacher and a briefly mentioned mean girl at school, have very good hear...more
All of the characters, except perhaps the History teacher and a briefly mentioned mean girl at school, have very good hear...more
Georgia: was she named for her mother's home state, or for Georgia O'Keefe? Either way it's a tangible link to her dead mother, a remarkable and gentle artist whose family Georgia has never known. It's just Georgia and her hard-working, grief-stricken dad, living in a trailer at the edge of a development of McMansions. Georgia's journal entries were not of her choosing, but are one way to deal with the guidance counselor's interfering since she's seen as an "at-risk" child. I bless that fictiona...more
I really liked this one, although it was yet another novel told in verse. I used to be a huge fan, but now they're becoming a little to plentiful and I'm growing a bit weary.
Anywho, I did like this but I'm not sure how it would go over with my YA audience. I have a few kids that request realistic fiction that doesn't have any cursing or sex or violence, so this would definitely fit the bill for them. Otherwise, it might just be a hit with grownups like me who want to take this kid home and make...more
Anywho, I did like this but I'm not sure how it would go over with my YA audience. I have a few kids that request realistic fiction that doesn't have any cursing or sex or violence, so this would definitely fit the bill for them. Otherwise, it might just be a hit with grownups like me who want to take this kid home and make...more
A novel in verse. The main character, Georgia, is artistic and talented, but feels like she needs to hide her interest in art from her father. Her mother was an artist, and seeing Georgia take after her makes him miss her more. For her birthday, Georgia gets a gift membership to the local art museum, from an anonymous giver, and being able to regularly go to the museum expands her own art.
This was rather enjoyable. I really liked Georgia and reading her voice. I could definitely understand her a...more
This was rather enjoyable. I really liked Georgia and reading her voice. I could definitely understand her a...more
This book is about a girl who lives in a trailer home with here dad and her mother died. Her mom died and hr dad never ever wants to talk about her. She is always trying o find out more about her life. she has a couple of friends but she is really different than anyone in school. Her best friend and her got in a fight and she has almost no one. But then for her 13th birthday she gets a gift to a free membership and an art museum. It changes her life completely.
I can connect this book to Murphy...more
I can connect this book to Murphy...more
Jan 17, 2010
Jamie
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
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This book is an incredible nonfiction bok about a girl named Georgia and her life struggles without her mom. This book is written in diary form and i written in the perspective of a teenage girl going through school and life without her mom. Georgia's mom passed away when she was young with pnemonia. She went through alot living with her dad in a trailer, and was always in the "at risk" list in school. She went to the guidence councler often and was assigned a task to write a diary to her mothe...more
A very touching book about an artistic girl who lost her mother and is struggling to make it in school and living with her dad. She copes by writing to her mother in a journal her school counselor gave her and visiting a museum to learn more about artwork. The book starts out somewhat slow but is so touching that it's hard to put down. Due to some of the content, I would only recommend it to 6th grade and above.
How does a single father raise a daughter after the mother dies? I can't imagine it would be easy, especially with the relationship that Georgia and her father have. They don't really communicate with each other, and it's even more difficult now that Georgia is entering adolescence. This was an engaging YA (or younger, even) story about a girl who loves art, and her father, who loves her but doesn't really know how to show it.
I thougtht this was a great book. A story of a young girl who lost her mother at a young age and has a hard time coping with her death. Her counselor gives her a notebook book for her to use as a journal and to write letters to her mom. Writing in her journal is a sucess and helps her to deal with her mothers death and to open up to others especially her father. Very easy read.
This book was great. The format, unique. It made me cry, but in a good way. Having lost my mother 5 years ago, I felt really connected to this book. I'd even vote for this to go on the summer reading list. The main character really grows between the beginning and the end, and the author brings you through her journey.
This was a quick read, that left me feeling hopeful and warm. Georgia's artistic nature was inspiring, and I aprpeciated her friendship with Tiffany. Her letters to her deceased mom tugged at my heart, and when her father wrote, "Love daddy," on her card, I almost teared up. Sweet story about healing from loss.
4.5 stars - I really like Georgia, and this was a wonderful gem of a story. I'm not sure verse was the most appropriate format though. I feel like authors go with it, not for the poetic style, but to appeal to reluctant readers who will be attracted by the minimal text on the page.
the theme of this book is that don't hide your talent and be who you are. Georgia McCoy mom died and lived with her dad. She is very talented in drawing and so is her mom. When her mom died Georgia's dad doesn't like her when she draws because it reminds him of her. So Georgia hidden her talent and when one of her teachers found out. she put her in a competition for drawing and Georgia didn't tell her dad. that is how problems start.Georgia didn't really have friends but she values drawing, her...more
I really enjoyed this book! It's a sweet story of an eighth grade girl still grieving the loss of her mother who died when she was seven. The story is told through journal entries as if she were talking to her mom. A bit of a tear jerker, but very uplifting!
Pieces of Georgia is a novel written in free verse. Georgia, the protagonist, is still grieving her mother's death, which occurred 6 years earlier. She's in 7th grade and in addition to struggling with family issues, she has the normal 7th grade peer issues to contend with. Knowing this information before I started reading, I thought free verse would be the perfect format for the novel. Books written in verse are usually able to get at the deeper heart of the issue. There are usually more emotio...more
I can't believe it took me so long to get around to this book! This book has been sitting in my ever present stack of "books to read" for awhile. Thank goodness I needed a book to take with me to the hairdresser and grabbed this one as I rushed to leave work and get to the salon on time!
Written in verse, this book is an incredible story of a middle school girl whose realisic, quiet perspective and viewpoint on life after a tragedy occurs in her family draws the reader into the experiences of thi...more
Written in verse, this book is an incredible story of a middle school girl whose realisic, quiet perspective and viewpoint on life after a tragedy occurs in her family draws the reader into the experiences of thi...more
Pieces of Georgia is written in verse which was interesting. Georgia is a little younger (13) than I am used to reading, but I liked the novel overall.
This would be great for a young girl who is struggling at home.
This would be great for a young girl who is struggling at home.
This book has alot of action and suspense, with a little mystery, too. It grabs your attention and doesn't bore you. Characters in this book create strong emotions and ties that will leave you reading late into the night.
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Jen Bryant writes picture books, novels and poems for readers of all ages. Her biographical picture book: A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams, illustrated by Melissa Sweet,received a Caldecott Honor award and her historical novel in verse RINGSIDE 1925: Views from the Scopes Trial is an Oprah Recommended Book for ages 12 & up. Other titles include Pieces of Georgia (IRA Youn...more
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