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ISBN:	0547763484 (ISBN13: 9780547763484)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	New Hampshire(United States)

The Center of Everything Hardcover | Pages: 208 pages

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Title	:	The Center of Everything
Author	:	Linda Urban
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 208 pages
Published	:	March 5th 2013 by HMH Books for Young Readers (first published January 1st 2013)
Categories	:	Childrens. Middle Grade. Realistic Fiction. Fiction. Family

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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?

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I only regret my reading of this was so sporadic, because I'm pretty sure I would have gotten even more out of it and given it a higher rating had I enjoyed it as a continuous experience instead of a series of spurts.Nearly the entire story takes place over the course of a single parade, after all. Ruby has won her town's annual essay contest and gets to read her winning entry as part of the festivities, and as she waits for her moment she reflects on everything that has led to it. Particularly,

Sixth-grader Ruby is trying to figure it all out after she loses her grandmother, the center of her world. This perfectly paced and lovely story follows Ruby over the course of a day a parade day in her small town as she looks for answers. The author depicts complex emotions and concerns in a simple and beautiful way, and offers a hopeful ending without resorting to cliché. I read an advance reader copy of this book for middle readers; publication is March 2013.

There are only two things I require from life: Donuts and good books. Obviously that statement is false, but it sure sounds good. I like donuts. I like good books. And a good book that involves donuts? Cosmic all-encompassing donuts that aren't afraid to ask the big questions? Even better! Now I've followed the career of Linda Urban over the years and the simple fact of the matter is that with each of her books she gets better. Her latest, The Center of Everything follows its predecessors Hound

The Center of Everything is a short book, but oh, it is really beautiful. Set in one day - the day of the big parade, the day that the whole town comes together - it's told in a series of short vignettes, from a variety of viewpoints, that all circle around and back to eleven-year-old Ruby Pepperdine...and oh, wow, do I love Ruby.Ruby has always been the girl who works hard to do everything right - the quiet girl, the helpful girl, the girl who never causes any trouble. But she is tortured right

There are two schools of thought about the secrecy of wishes. One is that you should always tell, because you never know who might be able to help you get what you wished for. People who believe this often appear on talk shows. Share your dreams with the Universe, they say.The other school holds the birthday candle philosophy: to tell a wish is to ruin its chances of happening.This book is excellent. And it sounds rather boring. I love when I dread reading a book and then it blows me out of the

Lovely story about a girl named Ruby who has lost her grandmother and whose last words Ruby didn't really pay attention to. Now Ruby wants that time back so she can "listen" to what was said. So she makes a wish she hope will come true during the annual Bunning Day festivities when the whole town will hear her winning essay. Beautifully told and written and at the same time very relatable to a child.

When I was about halfway through The Center of Everything, I tweeted, "Reading The Center of Everything and wondering: if it won the Newbery, would it be the first Newbery winner that name checks the Newbery?" Leaving aside the issue of the Newbery name-check, what the hell am I doing wondering whether my very first 2013 read will win the Newbery? What am I comparing it to? Nothing. The rest of this publishing year is a black box. Could be filled with When You Reach Mes; could be filled with