Pearl
A Novel
by Deirdre Riordan Hall
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Pub Date Mar 01 2016 | Archive Date Apr 01 2016
Description
Run fast and run far, unless you’re fearless. Unless you’re courageous. I’m not, but I’d like to be.
Pearl Jaeger is seventeen and homeless after drugs, poverty, and addiction unraveled the life she shared with JJ, her formerly glamorous rock star mother.
This moment of happiness is fleeting; someone will take it from me.
When tragedy brings a chance to start over at an elite boarding school, she doesn’t hesitate. Yet the only salvation comes from an art teacher as troubled as Pearl, and she faces the stark reality that what she thought she wanted isn’t straightforward.
I trace the outline of my reflection in a window. I am no more than a replica of my mother. This is not the self-portrait I want to paint.
Through the friendships she forms at school—especially with Grant, a boy who shows Pearl what it means to trust and forgive—she begins to see a path not defined by her past. But when confronted with the decision to be courageous or to take the easy way forged by her mother’s failures, which direction will Pearl choose?
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
"A character-driven book for readers who like their fare on the intense side."-Kirkus
"A
read for mature teens looking for realistic fiction dealing with the struggles
of addiction, love, and identity."-School Library Journal
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781503948587 |
PRICE | $9.99 (USD) |