num_pages: 124
description: Thirteen-year-old Polly resents her independent-minded, single mother and rebels against her, until she realizes how lucky she is to have a parent who loves her and who knows what is really important in life.
language: English
title: Pick-Up Sticks
titlecomplete: Pick-Up Sticks
genres: Fiction, Family, Canada, Juvenile, Young Adult, Childrens
ratings_count: 64
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Governor General's Literary Awards / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général
category: Children's Literature — Text, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize
publisher: Margaret K McElderry