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The perfect place / written by Matt de la Peña ; illustrated by Paola Escobar.
At private school, Lucas compares his home life with the supposedly perfect lives of the other students.
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- ISBN: 9780593325636 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Publisher: New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2024.
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| Subject: | Comparison (Psychology) > Juvenile fiction. Private schools > Juvenile fiction. Schools > Juvenile fiction. Hispanic Americans > Juvenile fiction. |
| Genre: | Picture books. |
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- Baker & Taylor
At private school, Lucas compares his home life with the supposedly perfect lives of the other students. - Baker & Taylor
Lucas, whose life at home is not perfect, dreams of a strange light that leads him to the place where perfect people live, where everything is more beautiful than he ever couldâve imagined, but where things arenât as perfect as they seem. (Picture Book â Preschool-Grade 3) - Penguin Putnam
From the Newbery Medal-winning author of Last Stop on Market Street comes this moving picture book about the perils of perfectionism.
Lucas goes to the perfect school in the perfect neighborhood. And when he gets perfect grades, he feels like he fits right in.
But life at home is not so perfect. His dadâs old work truck keeps breaking down. His mom works long hours at her job at the diner. And Lucas has to share his small room with his baby sister.
One night, Lucas is awakened by a strange light, which he follows all the way to the place where the perfect people live. Everything there is more beautiful than he could have imagined. But the longer Lucas stays, the more he wonders what it really means to be perfect. Does it mean never making mistakes? Does it mean rejecting his bustling neighborhood and his loving family? And whatâs so great about being perfect, anyway?
From award-winning talents Matt de la Peña and Paola Escobar comes this heartwarming, uplifting picture book about a boy, at home in two worlds, discovering what it means to be at home with himself.
