description: Polly loves her life. Her small but cosy bedroom lit by the stained-glass window made by her artist mother, the nutty schemes of her best friend Vanessa, the Protheroes who live downstairs - it all seems so right that Polly hardly notices that she's never known her father.But when the house is suddenly sold, and it becomes obvious that her mother isn't very good at finding a new home that they can afford, Polly's perfect life seems to go down the drain almost overnight. No more French horn practices in the bathroom. No more cosy evenings watching reruns of Gilligan's Island and helping Ernie Protheroe with his postal code collection. No more spying on Vanessa's heart-throb, their English teacher, Mr. Taylor.Most of all, Polly wonders if she can ever forgive her mum for not making enough money, and for her long-ago decision to have a baby on her own, when having a father now surely would help solve their problems.
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: Douglas & Mcintyre