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Sunshine Picklelime
Pamela Ferguson's debut children's novel is a treat to read, a light-hearted tale of magical realism that moves between joy and sorrow to find meaning in the roller-coaster experiences of life.
PJ Picklelime lives in a village very close to you. Meadows are knee-deep in wildflowers in early springtime. Summers are hot and dreamy when golden peaches the size of melons hang f...more
PJ Picklelime lives in a village very close to you. Meadows are knee-deep in wildflowers in early springtime. Summers are hot and dreamy when golden peaches the size of melons hang f...more
Hardcover, 240 pages
Published
June 22nd 2010
by Random House Books for Young Readers
(first published 2010)
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This book skips character and setting introductions and dives right in to the slightly magical world of PJ Picklelime. PJ lives in a village made up of people sent there to work for a computer company, so a veritable UN of neighbors surrounds her. Her normal life is interspersed with magic that PJ and others seem to take without question, such as her ability to talk with animals. At first the reader frolics with PJ as she houses a bird in her wildly curly hair and makes lemonade to raise money f...more
For a short little kid's book, this author crammed in every topic and cause she could manage: animal cruelty, oil spills, the environment, community awareness, religion, death, divorce, world peace, composting, you name it. As a result, the books feels a little preachy and like it is trying too hard, but fortunately, not as much as it could have. I give the authors props for that. There are parts that are touching and charming, and I do like that PJ can communicate with the animals.
My Aunt bought me this book before it came out, with the art not final and mistakes still in it, as she is a librarian in Pennsylvania. I LOVED it! The unexpected twist at the end was a huge surprise to me. This was an overal great book.
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