Semiprecious

Book, 1969

Status

Available

Genres

Children's Books

Fiction

Collection

Your library

Publication

Publisher Unknown (1969)

Description

Uprooted and living with an aunt in 1960s Oklahoma, thirteen-year-old Garnet and her older sister Opal brave their mother's desertion and their father's recovery from an accident, learning that "the best home of all is the one you make inside yourself."

User reviews

LibraryThing member Ryanne.Thompson

This book is about a girl named Garnet and her sister, Opal. Their mother had a dream that she wanted to go to Nashville to become a singer. Garnet and Opal's mom drops them off at their aunt's house in the middle of a really small town. Their aunt doesn't even have a TV or a vehicle to get around

in. They start going to the school that is in the small town. Opal has an easy time finding friends and becoming popular at the school but Garnet has trouble finding a way to fit in. Their father work on a ship and is injured on one of his jobs when the boat explodes. He is in the hospital for a longtime before he can leave and take the girls home.
This book helps to understand the problems of a family. Garnet an Opal are left behind by their mother and have to stay with their aunt. Not only that but their father is injured. To them it seems that their world is falling apart but the find hope in the small town the live in. Opal helps Garnet fit into school and they help their aunt in every way they can to make financial problems less horrible. Eventually everything works out and they get to go back home. Its problems of everyday teenagers shoved into one book.

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