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My Life in Pink & Green: Pink & Green Book One
Contributor(s): Greenwald, Lisa (Author)

ISBN: 0810983524 ISBN-13: 9780810983526
Publisher: Amulet Books

OUR PRICE: $15.26

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2009
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Annotation: Seventh-grader Lucy Desberg is a natural problem solver.Whenthe local homecoming queen shows up at her familys struggling drugstore with a beauty disaster that Lucy helps to fix, word gets out, and Lucy has a line of makeover customers for every school dance and Bat Mitzvah in Connecticut. But all the makeup tips in the world wont help save the pharmacy, Lucys home-away-from-home and her familys lifeline. If only she could find a way to make thepharmacy thecenter of town againa place where people want to spend time, like in the old days.Lucy dreams up a solution that would resuscitate the family business and help the environment, too. But will Lucys family stop fighting long enough to listen to a seventh-grader?

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Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes)
- Juvenile Fiction | Business, Careers, Occupations
- Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature - Environment

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 2008025577

Age Level: 8-12

Grade Level: 3-7

Lexile Measure: 680(Not Available)

Series: Pink & Green

Physical Information: 0.97" H x 5.98" W x 8.58" L (1.01 lbs) 272 pages

Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian

Awards: Georgia Children's Book Award, Nominee, Children's Book, 2013
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, Nominee, Grades 6-8, 2012
Great Stone Face Book Award, Nominee, Grades 4-6, 2010

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/12/2009 pg. 48
Kirkus Review - Children 02/01/2009
Booklist 02/15/2009 pg. 92
School Library Journal 04/01/2009 pg. 134
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2009 pg. 370 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 131200
Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
Twelve-year-old Lucy Desberg is a natural problem solver. After the local homecoming queen shows up at her family's struggling drugstore with a beauty disaster that Lucy helps to fix, Lucy has a long line of makeover customers for every school dance and bat mitzvah. But all the makeup tips in the world won't help save the pharmacy. If only she could find a way to make the pharmacy the center of town again--a place where people want to spend time, like in the old days. Lucy dreams up a solution that could resuscitate the family business and help the environment, too. But will Lucy's family stop fighting long enough to listen to a seventh-grader?

This book is a funny and sweet debut featuring an unforgettable narrator who knows what she wants, whether it's great makeup, a killer business plan, or a better world.

F&P level: T
F&P genre: RF

Contributor Bio(s): Greenwald, Lisa: - Lisa Greenwald is the author of Reel Life Starring Us, Sweet Treats & Secret Crushes, the Pink & Green series, and Welcome to Dog Beach. She works in the library at the Birch Wathen Lenox School in Manhattan. She is a graduate of The New School's MFA program in writing for children and lives in Brooklyn. www.lisagreenwald.com.

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