The characters are so real, I cared deeply about all of them, particularly Bean. I couldn’t put it down and I shed more than a few tears.
This is a story about secrets, family, and love.
Then there’s Claire, Bean’s mother’s friend whom Bean doesn’t really like, and suddenly is at the house all the time. Bean learns some shocking truths about her beloved grandfather and why he and Bean’s mother were always so at odds. After a tragedy in her family, Bean feels like she might be living her own soap opera, as lies and secrets are revealed. In Pearl, fifteen-year-old Bean spends most of her time with her best friend Henry, watching soap operas with him and his homebound mother. Today, I am absolutely thrilled to be able to feature one of my favorite authors and people, Jo Knowles! Keep reading because below is a chance for you to win a signed copy of Jo’s newest book! Jo is the author of Lessons From A Dead Girl (Candlewick Press), Jumping Off Swings (Candlewick Press), and her newest, Pearl (Henry Holt). I hope you will join me and share your favorites, too! I’d love to have you visit regularly – please feel free to subscribe (below right) and you’ll be informed by email every time I post something new (probably twice a week). I believe she's coming out with her fourth book sometime in May called See You at Harry's.Hello! Welcome to the inaugural post of DEBtastic Reads! Here, I will highlight my favorite books and authors, interviews, book buzz, contests, and more. It is called Pearl and I will have a review up soon for it. She just came out with her third, which I read. Praise for Jo Knowles on her second book. This story starts with four ordinary teens whose touching stories become intertwined and in the end, touch your heart."Īgain, this book does include some cursing and mature subject matter, but I strongly urge you to read it because it is a good book that is well written. They are different in the modus operandi that they behave socially. Corrine and Caleb connect on many levels including being on defense and share the same sexual view in their virginity. It brought the story to another level of emotion that would not be achieved if the point of view was from Ellie and Josh alone. I thought that Jo Knowles’ inclusion of these two character’s points of view was an incredible literary move. "Corrine and Caleb are two people who are incredibly emotionally attached to this story, but they are help and defense rather than the characters things are literally happening to.
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