One Whole and Perfect Day
Lily senses that something will go wrong at her grandfather’s eightieth birthday gathering and tries to steer the day toward something manageable. Quiet humor and warmth spread through a family full of eccentric adults and younger voices.
Work Information
A girl tries to hold together one difficult day in a family full of oddities.
Lily senses that something will go wrong at her grandfather’s eightieth birthday gathering and tries to steer the day toward something manageable. Quiet humor and warmth spread through a family full of eccentric adults and younger voices. The story follows young people caught between personal choice and pressure from the world around them, with quiet but sustained tension.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Front Street
- Published
- 2007-03-01
- Pages
- 250 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 17.78 x 0.64 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781932425956
- ISBN-10
- 1932425950
- Price
- 4532 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Teen & Young Adult/Love & Romance
In this Michael L. Printz Honor Book, Lily wishes she could be like the other girls in her class. But how can she? As the only sensible person in her family, she never has time to hang out with friends. Someone has to stay home to look after her brother. Maybe she should fall in love! What could be less sensible that that? When her grandmother invites the whole family to a party, Lily cannot imagine how they will make it through the day. Her mother is always bringing home strange people. Lily doesn't even know her father. Her grandfather has disowned her brother. Her brother has a new girlfriend that no one has met. To top it all off, that day when her eye caught Daniel Steadman's just for a moment, she felt all woozy inside. If that was love, she isn't sure she likes the feeling. As the party approaches, all Lily can hope for is one whole and perfect day. Is it too much to ask?
Judith Clarke has written many award-winning young adult novels including Night Train , The Lost Day , and Al Capsella and the Watchdogs . She lives in Melbourne, Australia.