Pearl feels like an island in school, isolated and alone, but at home she feels loved and secure until her grandmother’s illness changes the way Pearl views her world.

• ISBN: 9780763648213
• Author: Murphy, Sally
• Published: 2011 , Candlewick Press
• Themes: Death, Family life, Grandmother, isolation, Loneliness, School
• Descriptors: Australia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Poetry, Primary (ages 6-9)
• No. of pages: 80