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All Alone in the Universe

by Lynne Rae Perkins   |  Ages 10+
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Adolescence, friendship, solitude, and self-discovery journey.

If you've ever felt the sting of evolving friendships during your younger years, "All Alone in the Universe" will resonate deeply with you. It captures the emotions of being left behind as relationships shift, set against the backdrop of growing up. Considering how common and yet intensely personal this experience is, it's a profoundly relatable read.

  • Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominee (2001)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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All Alone in the Universe

by Lynne Rae Perkins   |  Ages 10+
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ISBN: 9780380733026
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Date of Publication: 2001-02-20
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Young Readers
Related Topics: Realistic Fiction
Goodreads rating: 3.71
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Before last summer Maureen and I were best friends... At least I think we were. I don't know what happened exactly. As some people who get hit by trucks sometimes say, I didn't see anything coming. When her best friend since the third grade starts acting as though Debbie doesn't exist, Debbie finds out the hard way that life can be a lonesome place. But in the end the heroine of this wryly funny coming-of-age story—a girl who lives in a house covered with stuff that is supposed to look like bricks but is just a fake brick pattern—discovers that even the hourly tragedies of junior high school can have silver linings, just as a house covered with Insul-Brick can protect a real home. This first novel shines—fun, engrossing, bittersweet, and wonderfully unpredictable.
 

Adolescence, friendship, solitude, and self-discovery journey.

If you've ever felt the sting of evolving friendships during your younger years, "All Alone in the Universe" will resonate deeply with you. It captures the emotions of being left behind as relationships shift, set against the backdrop of growing up. Considering how common and yet intensely personal this experience is, it's a profoundly relatable read.

  • Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominee (2001)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.