Moonpie and Ivy

Twelve-year-old Pearl feels hurt, confused, and unwanted when her wild, irresponsible mother leaves her with Aunt Ivy in a little country house in Georgia and then disappears.

First sentence: Pearl wondered exactly when it was that her mama had gone off the deep end.

Year

2001

Language

English

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Editions

6

Pages

160

ISBN

9780374350598

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