Critics and readers everywhere stood up and took notice when Laura Moriarty's captivating debut novel hit the stores in June '03. Janet Maslin of the New York Times praised The Center of Everything as "warm" and "beguiling." USA Today compared the scrappy yet tender-hearted Evelyn Bucknow to Scout Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. It garnered extensive national attention; from Entertainment Weekly to the Boston Globe and the San Francisco Chronicle, the press raved about the wisdom and poignancy of Moriarty's writing. The Book-of-the-Month Club snatched it up as a Main Selection, as did the Literary Guild. It was a USA Today Summer Reading Pick, a BookSense Top 10 Pick, and a BN.com book club feature title. And still, months after The Center of Everything's original publication date, reviews and features of the book continue to run nationwide.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Published: 07/02/2003
ISBN: 9781401300319
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.44lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.38w x 1.31d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2003 pg. 709
USA Today 05/22/2003 pg. 1
Publishers Weekly 06/02/2003 pg. 32
Library Journal 05/15/2003 pg. 126
Entertainment Weekly 06/20/2003 pg. 79
BookPage 07/01/2003 pg. 12
USA Today 07/07/2003 pg. 1
People Weekly 07/01/2003 pg. 48
Booklist 07/01/2003 pg. 1866
Booksense '76 Jly/Aug 2003 07/01/2003 pg. 1
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2003 pg. 404
School Library Journal 12/01/2003 pg. 176

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 75517 / Center of Everything
Reading Level: 5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 18