num_pages: 304
description: To Molly Nathans perfect is: The number four The tip of a newly sharpened number two pencil A crisp white pad of paper  Her neatly aligned glass animal figurinesWhats not perfect is Mollys mother leaving the family to take a faraway job with the promise to return in one year. Molly knows that promises are often broken so she hatches a plan to bring her mother home: Win the Lakeville Middle School Slam Poetry Contest. The winner is honored at a fancy banquet with table cloths. Mollys sure her mother would never miss that. Right? But as time goes on writing and reciting slam poetry become harder. Actually everything becomes harder as new habits appear and counting cleaning and organizing are not enough to keep Mollys world from spinning out of control.
language: English
title: Finding Perfect
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)