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kidscanpress.com presents ...
	Pieces of Me written by Charlotte Gingras For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/Canada/product.aspx?productid=5864

Hardcover Jacket CAD $18.95 978-1-55453-242-1 Paperback CAD $8.95 978-1-55453-432-6 Grades: 7 and up Ages: 12 and up Character Education forgiveness dealing with feelings © 2009 BW 4 1/4 x 7 144 pages	Pieces of Me is the winner of the 2009 Governor General's Award for Translation - French to English. Mirabelle’s art teacher tells her she has talent, but what good is it doing her? Almost fifteen and friendless, Mira is plagued by dark thoughts. Her body seems to be changing daily. Her mother is domineering and half-crazy and her father — well, he’s her ex-father, mostly out of Mira’s life and awkward when he’s around. Then she meets free-spirited, confident Catherine, a knockout who makes the boys’ jaws drop. Not only is Catherine good at art like Mira, she also knows about kissing boys. Mira has never kissed anyone and doesn’t understand the hungry way boys are beginning to look at her. Now that Mira’s finally found someone she can talk to, her dark thoughts are vanishing. But as her friend encourages her to come out of her shell, Mira finds that her new-found confidence can still be shattered in an instant. Only after Mira faces a betrayal and a tragedy can she begin to put the fragmented pieces of herself together. Awards 2010 IBBY Honour List, translation 2009 Governor General’s Literary Award, winner, translation 2010 USBBY Outstanding International Book Reviews “Many teens will relate to Mira's tattered relationships with her parents, as well as her broiling resentment.” — Kirkus Reviews, March 2009

kidscanpress.com presents ...
	Pieces of Me written by Charlotte Gingras For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/Canada/product.aspx?productid=5864

Hardcover Jacket CAD $18.95 978-1-55453-242-1 Paperback CAD $8.95 978-1-55453-432-6 Grades: 7 and up Ages: 12 and up Character Education forgiveness dealing with feelings © 2009 BW 4 1/4 x 7 144 pages	Pieces of Me is the winner of the 2009 Governor General's Award for Translation - French to English. Mirabelle’s art teacher tells her she has talent, but what good is it doing her? Almost fifteen and friendless, Mira is plagued by dark thoughts. Her body seems to be changing daily. Her mother is domineering and half-crazy and her father — well, he’s her ex-father, mostly out of Mira’s life and awkward when he’s around. Then she meets free-spirited, confident Catherine, a knockout who makes the boys’ jaws drop. Not only is Catherine good at art like Mira, she also knows about kissing boys. Mira has never kissed anyone and doesn’t understand the hungry way boys are beginning to look at her. Now that Mira’s finally found someone she can talk to, her dark thoughts are vanishing. But as her friend encourages her to come out of her shell, Mira finds that her new-found confidence can still be shattered in an instant. Only after Mira faces a betrayal and a tragedy can she begin to put the fragmented pieces of herself together. Awards 2010 IBBY Honour List, translation 2009 Governor General’s Literary Award, winner, translation 2010 USBBY Outstanding International Book Reviews “Many teens will relate to Mira's tattered relationships with her parents, as well as her broiling resentment.” — Kirkus Reviews, March 2009

kidscanpress.com presents ...
	Pieces of Me written by Charlotte Gingras For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/Canada/product.aspx?productid=5864

Hardcover Jacket CAD $18.95 978-1-55453-242-1 Paperback CAD $8.95 978-1-55453-432-6 Grades: 7 and up Ages: 12 and up Character Education forgiveness dealing with feelings © 2009 BW 4 1/4 x 7 144 pages	Pieces of Me is the winner of the 2009 Governor General's Award for Translation - French to English. Mirabelle’s art teacher tells her she has talent, but what good is it doing her? Almost fifteen and friendless, Mira is plagued by dark thoughts. Her body seems to be changing daily. Her mother is domineering and half-crazy and her father — well, he’s her ex-father, mostly out of Mira’s life and awkward when he’s around. Then she meets free-spirited, confident Catherine, a knockout who makes the boys’ jaws drop. Not only is Catherine good at art like Mira, she also knows about kissing boys. Mira has never kissed anyone and doesn’t understand the hungry way boys are beginning to look at her. Now that Mira’s finally found someone she can talk to, her dark thoughts are vanishing. But as her friend encourages her to come out of her shell, Mira finds that her new-found confidence can still be shattered in an instant. Only after Mira faces a betrayal and a tragedy can she begin to put the fragmented pieces of herself together. Awards 2010 IBBY Honour List, translation 2009 Governor General’s Literary Award, winner, translation 2010 USBBY Outstanding International Book Reviews “Many teens will relate to Mira's tattered relationships with her parents, as well as her broiling resentment.” — Kirkus Reviews, March 2009

written by Charlotte Gingras

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Pieces of Me is the winner of the 2009 Governor General's Award for Translation - French to English.

Mirabelle’s art teacher tells her she has talent, but what good is it doing her? Almost fifteen and friendless, Mira is plagued by dark thoughts. Her body seems to be changing daily. Her mother is domineering and half-crazy and her father — well, he’s her ex-father, mostly out of Mira’s life and awkward when he’s around.

Then she meets free-spirited, confident Catherine, a knockout who makes the boys’ jaws drop. Not only is Catherine good at art like Mira, she also knows about kissing boys. Mira has never kissed anyone and doesn’t understand the hungry way boys are beginning to look at her.

Now that Mira’s finally found someone she can talk to, her dark thoughts are vanishing. But as her friend encourages her to come out of her shell, Mira finds that her new-found confidence can still be shattered in an instant.

Only after Mira faces a betrayal and a tragedy can she begin to put the fragmented pieces of herself together.

Curriculum Connections

Character Education
forgiveness

dealing with feelings

Reading levels

Fountas & Pinnell

Grade Level

7-up

Hardcover Jacket

978-1-55453-242-1

Paperback

978-1-55453-432-6

Reviews

“Many teens will relate to Mira's tattered relationships with her parents, as well as her broiling resentment.”: — Kirkus Reviews, March 2009

Awards

2010: IBBY Honour List, translation
2009: Governor General’s Literary Award, winner, translation
2010: USBBY Outstanding International Book