num_pages: 133
description: "In this strong first novel, a teenager whose school project forces him to visit a senile woman in a convalescent home becomes wrapped up in her stories...Derby is adept at incorporating telling details of parochial school and home life, often with touches of humor. A novel that deals with hero worship and that has much to say to adolescent readers."-School Library Journal
language: English
title: Visiting Miss Pierce
titlecomplete: Visiting Miss Pierce
ratings_count: 5
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)