It tells us to never let appearances stop us from doing what we want and not judge a person by their cover and to look deeper to find the real person inside. This book tells us about how you look isn’t who you are. She is now able to think freely about Ramon and love her height. Over time with her friend Olive, the play and the ever-helpful Shawn Barr she begins to forget about Ramon and her height. She enjoys and appreciates her height as it is what makes her unique and she likes that. Olive, her friend is with her every step of the way and helps her realize that being lead, as well as a flying monkey isn’t that bad after all.
Unsure of this Julia is having second thoughts about the costume. Chang’s costumes are lovely and showing this to her director-Shawn Barr she becomes lead dancer. Chang her neighbor offers to make her costume for the play and Julia isn’t sure of this as she thinks that she will look quite idiotic. She wanted to forget about her height and thus she never said then word ‘short’. In the summer when she is chosen to play a Munchkin in a play she is devastated, as her entire summer would be wasted in this play. She is still mourning the death of her dog, Ramon though it happened weeks ago. Julia is exceptionally short but that doesn’t stop her from doing what she wants. This is a marvelous book about self-discovery and realization. And all the while, out in the Pacific, the trade winds are fiercely blowing.įunny and tender, full of twists and turns and heart, Pieces of Blue is a portrait of an irresistible family learning to start over.My review on Holly Goldberg Sloan’s Short,: She accepts his offer to help, unaware that he may have secrets of his own. Then a handsome stranger rolls into the motel parking lot, and she’s surprised to feel a long-dormant part of herself stirring.
And Sena, the youngest, will do whatever it takes to protect her beloved motel chickens.īut while the kids adjust, Lindsey is flailing, trying to pretend she knows how to bring a motel-and herself-back to life. Twelve-year-old Carlos reinvents himself as a popular kid named Carl. Teenage Olivia quickly develops a crush on a handsome but monosyllabic skateboarder. Once Paul’s life insurance finally comes through, Lindsey impulsively uses the money to buy a charmingly ramshackle motel in Hawai’i, hoping for a fresh start. When Paul Hill drowns in a surfing accident, he leaves his wife, Lindsey, and their three children with broken hearts and a mountain of debt. Sloan manages to deftly weave in tough topics like grief and identity with both the same humor and tenderness that made Counting By 7s such a hit. What good was thinking the future only held cloudy skies? Wasn’t the reality that pieces of blue were always there, waiting to break through? The New York Times Book Review Holly Goldberg Sloan is skilled at creating sympathetic and utterly charming young characters, and in Short she succeeds once again. From New York Times bestselling author Holly Goldberg Sloan, a compelling and heartfelt novel for fans of Maria Semple and Emma Straub about a family trying to restore a ramshackle beachside motel-and their own lives
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