Pick-Up Sticks - Softcover

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<div>Thirteen-year-old Polly loves life &#151; with her single-parent mom (a stained-glass artist), her quirky best friend Vanessa (who has a crush on their English teacher), and her endearing neighbor Ernie Protheroe (who collects postal codes and TV theme songs). But when the house they live in is sold, Polly&#8217;s perfect life seems to vanish overnight. Her mom doesn&#8217;t have much luck finding them an affordable place to live. And Polly is beginning to think that having a father &#151; and a conventional lifestyle &#151; wouldn&#8217;t be such a bad idea. As an interim solution, Polly goes to stay with her affluent relatives. But Uncle Roger turns out to be crass and chilly, his wife is self-indulgent, and their daughter, Polly&#8217;s teenage cousin, is on a shoplifting spree. With humor and compassion, Sarah Ellis portrays adolescent enlightenment, as Polly discovers that like the child&#8217;s game of pick-up sticks, each part of life touches every other and cannot be disturbed without affecting the whole.</div>

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