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Pearl

Jo Knowles

Bean (née Pearl) and Henry, misfits and best friends, have the strangest mothers in town. Henry's mom Sally never leaves the house. Bean's mom Lexie, if she is home, is likely nursing a hangover or venting to her friend Claire about Bean's beloved grandfather Gus, the third member of their sunny household.Gus's death unleashes a host of family secrets that brings them all together. And they threaten to change everything―including Bean's relationship with Henry, her first friend, and who also might turn out to be her first love.

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Book Details

Genre:

Fiction

Age Level:

12 and up

Pearl review by MGib0511

MGib0511

In a small town, two family's lives overlap. Bean and Henry, both fifteen years of age, are each others only friends. They live an isolated existence. Both of their mothers are odd; Henry's mother never leaves the house and Bean's mother is rarely present in her daughters life. Beans grandfather, Gus, deeply cares and loves her, so when he dies, Beans world is unsettled. The supportive friendship of Henry helps Bean in the sudden dark times.