After moving from Oregon to a trailer park in California, ten-year-old Star participates in a poetry club, where she learns some important lessons about herself and her own hopes and dreams for the future.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Amulet Books
Published: 03/11/2014
ISBN: 9781419710391
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 0.90d
Award: Oregon Book Awards - Finalist
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Finalist
Award: Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2014
Publishers Weekly 03/03/2014
Booklist 03/01/2014 pg. 73
School Library Journal 04/01/2014 pg. 148
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2014
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2014 pg. 88
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2014 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 165467 / Hope Is a Ferris Wheel
Reading Level: 5.3 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 7