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Chapter Book · Ages 10–12 · 2013
The Center of Everything
By Linda Urban
A birthday wish could fix Ruby's chaotic world—if she doesn't mess it up.
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208 pages
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Bookroo's summary
Ruby's world is spinning out of control in her donut-loving town. With her twelfth birthday wish and a crucial essay reading on Bunning Day, she hopes to set things right. But can a single wish truly restore order, or will Ruby's life remain topsy-turvy? As the town gathers, Ruby faces the challenge of a lifetime, balancing hope and fear. Will her wish be enough to mend the chaos and bring back the comfort of her grandmother's embrace? Discover the power of wishes and the courage to make things right.
From the publisher
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?
At a glance
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 208
- Reading age
- 10–12
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Lexile
- 830L
The author
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 4.9
- F&P level
- ~T
- AR points
- 4
- AR interest level
- MG
- AR quiz
- 156970
Publication
- Published
- February 3, 2015
- First published
- January 1, 2013
- Publisher
- Clarion Books
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Chapter Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780544340695
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