1998
First Published
4.03
Average Rating
112
Number of Pages
Pearl dresses up as a boy to survive on the streets, where she finds her long-lost mother, while Mick and Greg risk stealing animals from pet stores in order to save the souls of those who would cage them, in a collection of poignant stories about young people reaching out to others.
Avg Rating
4.03
Number of Ratings
40
5 STARS
35%
4 STARS
43%
3 STARS
15%
2 STARS
5%
1 STARS
3%
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Author
Angela Johnson
Author · 42 books
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. Angela Johnson is the author of the Coretta Scott King Honor picture book When I Am Old with You; as well as A Sweet Smell of Roses, illustrated by Eric Velasquez; Just Like Josh Gibson, illustrated by Beth Peck; and I Dream of Trains, which was also illustrated by Loren Long. She has won three Coretta Scott King Awards, one each for her novels Heaven, Toning the Sweep, and The First Part Last. In recognition of her outstanding talent, Angela was named a 2003 MacArthur Fellow. She lives in Kent, Ohio.
