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Moonpie and Ivy
A girl abandoned by her mother discovers the feeling of family
Pearl's mother, Ruby, just up and left her with Aunt Ivy, who's a complete stranger to Pearl. "Your mama's done gone off the deep end," Ivy says, and Pearl wonders if she'll ever come back - Ruby has always been wild and irresponsible. So Pearl is stuck with Aunt Ivy, and Moonpie, the neighbor boy whose mother...more
Pearl's mother, Ruby, just up and left her with Aunt Ivy, who's a complete stranger to Pearl. "Your mama's done gone off the deep end," Ivy says, and Pearl wonders if she'll ever come back - Ruby has always been wild and irresponsible. So Pearl is stuck with Aunt Ivy, and Moonpie, the neighbor boy whose mother...more
Paperback, 151 pages
Published
April 2nd 2004
by Sunburst
(first published April 1st 2004)
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This is an odd little book - odd in that it combines a lovely writing style and strong characterizations with a glum story arc. Pearl has been abandoned by her mother, left at her aunt Ivy's without a word about when she'll be back. Pearl is understandably in a bad place because of this, not managing to endear herself to anyone around her and trying on her mother's bad habits for size. The characters around her are intriguing, with little bits of their past visible and others hidden, like Moonpi...more
I didn't love this book but I did think it did a nice job with realistic characterization. The protagonist, Pearl, is just as confused and vulnerable as a 10-year-old who's been temporarily and inexplicably abandoned by her mother should be. Pearl's longing for affection -- and her simultaneous conviction that she somehow doesn't deserve it -- becomes more concrete as she observes the neighbor child, Moonpie, receiving a heap of attention after a loss in his life. Moonpie receives affection beca...more
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This book is really unique. A southern tale set in rural Georgia, it really has no happy ending and no lesson to be learned. It's just about life and how it's hard sometimes and hope can be hard to come by...but it's there. I guess that is a lesson and a good one. I think it's a good book for young adolescents to read.
I have read this so many times. The descriptions are unbelievable. It doesn't matter how many times you read this book you will still cry, be supprised, smile, laugh, all as if it was the first time.
I didn't enjoy this very much. I thought Pearl was just like her mom, a lying, mean, and self-centered girl looking for attention.
This is a lovely story of life, death, adn learning to live as best we can in an undertain world.
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I'm a children's book author. My books include The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester, The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis Greetings from Nowhere, and How to Steal a Dog, Moonpie and Ivy, and Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia. In addition to being a five-time winner of the Parents Choice Award, my awards include the Massachusetts Book Award, School Library Journal Best Books, Bank Street College...more
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