One girls winter, spring and summer of wonder and growth on a glorious northwest coast island. KirkusBecca has often gone with her parents to visit Gran at her rustic cabin by the sea. But this year Beccas mother is expecting a baby, and Becca visits her grandmother on her own. The prospect of spending time at Grans with her peculiar plumbing and ridiculous Scrabble rules is hardly appealing.Then, on her very first night, Becca finds an oyster full of pearls. One pearl for every adventure to come?As her mothers pregnancy progresses, Becca returns to the island again and again. And through a busy parade of visiting relatives some welcome, some not she faces the cacophony of the annual herring run in a leaky dinghy, is kissed by a seal, scales a cliff, sails a boat for the first time and goes skinny-dipping in a sea of luminescence. And by the time her parents arrive with the new baby, she realizes that adventures, and even friends to share them with, may have been right under her nose the whole time.Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.6Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3>Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.3Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is aimed at children at US 4th grade-7th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.

There are 168 pages in this book. This book was published in 2009 by Groundwood Books Ltd , Canada .