Children's Fiction Adolescence
Perfect Blue
- Publisher
- Fitzhenry and Whiteside
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2008
- Category
- Adolescence
- Recommended Age
- 10 to 13
- Recommended Grade
- 5 to 8
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781554550586
- Publish Date
- Jan 2008
- List Price
- $11.95
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Description
What is perfection compared to the love of a cherished pet?
Mr. Lavender Blue is the perfect dog, and training him for the show ring is the perfect opportunity for twelve-year-old Erin Morris to show that she's responsible enough to have a dog of her own.
If only Erin herself could be as flawless as Blue. Awkward and selfconscious, she sees herself as anything but perfect. Convinced that she needs to be reinvented, Erin enlists the help of her summer pal to give her a makeover in time for the show ring. But Erin is about to learn that there is something far more important than looking perfect. Just when everything is going as it should, an accident forces her to re-examine her values. What is perfection compared to the love of a cherished pet?
Perfect Blue is a revised and updated edition of the title published originally by Stoddart. Called A Taste of Perfection, it was chosen for the New York City Library's Books for the Teen Age list.
About the author
Laura Langston is the author of several books for children and adults. Lesia’s Dreamrecently won for the kobzar literary award, Canada’s newest national book award. It wasalso nominated for three other children’s choice awards. Mile-High Apple Pie, her recentpicture book, was nominated for the oLA’s Blue spruce award; The Fox’s Kettle was nominated for a Governor General’s award for Illustration; and Pay Dirt! was nominated for the red cedar and silver Birch awards. A former writer and broadcaster for the CBC, Laura Langston also writes regularly for Canadian Gardening magazine and has authored a book on herb gardening. She lives in Victoria, British Columbia. Visit her website at www.lauralangston.com.
Editorial Reviews
"Beautiful Blue, the black lab, is sure to win the heart of every young reader, and her unfailing devotion to Erin is deeply touching.
Recommended."
-- CM Magazine
