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Original Title:	The Center of Everything
ISBN:	0786888458 (ISBN13: 9780786888450)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Kansas(United States)

The Center of Everything Paperback | Pages: 252 pages

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Set in Kerrville, Kansas, The Center of Everything is told by Evelyn Bucknow, an endearing character with a wholly refreshing way of looking at the world. Living with her single mother in a small apartment, Evelyn Bucknow is a young girl wincing her way through adolescence. With a voice that is as charming as it is recognizable, Evelyn immerses the reader in the dramas of an entire community. The people of Kerrville stuck at once in the middle of nowhere but also at the center of everything, are the source from which Moriarty draws on universal dilemmas of love and belief to render a story that grows in emotional intensity until it lifts the reader to heights achieved only by the finest of fiction.

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Title	:	The Center of Everything
Author	:	Laura Moriarty
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 252 pages
Published	:	July 14th 2004 by Hachette Books (first published 2003)
Categories	:	Fiction. Young Adult. Coming Of Age

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Ratings: 3.67 From 9058 Users | 995 Reviews

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I really, really, really, really liked this one. Its a quiet coming of age book with a compelling cast of characters and a distinct voice. When I wasnt reading this, I wanted to be. Im giddy to discover a new author!!!

Another great read, subconsiously recommended by my friend, Casey.She reads the best books, I swear. I will always trust her judgement!This book is about Eveyln Bucknow, a young girl, who deems her self unpretty, at the age of 10 - A misfit of sorts, with not very many friends, wild hair and tired eyes, and a young mother. Eveyln and her mom are on the border of being desperately poor, with her mom taking hand-out from a local man, who gives her a job and a car. Then... as Evelyn grows up, so

I may have kept reading because of the storyline's similarity to my own life-- the "smart" child living with her young, single mother. It's realistic; life is difficult (an anti-Gilmore Girls).My complaint is the redundancy of failed relationships and failed marriages for virtually all the characters. The only happy marriages are on the fringe and you don't get to know those couples. It feels unbalanced. Apparently Moriarty is trying to make a point. The theme of the "center of everything," from

Wonderful read! As one goodreads reviewer said, it's a book you find yourself reflecting on even when you aren't reading it. I often found myself thinking about Evelyn while at work, driving in the car, or cooking dinner. Because it is a coming-of-age story set in the 1980's I was able to relate to the political and pop culture references, making Evelyn even more dear to my heart. I was satisfied with the ending but was sad to say goodbye. Although I wouldn't classify this as "chick lit," I

Have you ever read a book wherein words simply cannot suffice to describe your thoughts and feelings? This is one of those books.It is incredible, absorbing, emotionally ladened, spot on with perception, strong in character development, terrifically written, endearing, warm, sad, yet joyous and, at times, humorous.This is the debut of Laura Moriarty and I'll be sure to read her next books.Ten year old Evelyn Bucknow lives smack dab in the center of the United States in Kerrville, Kansas.

I would probably give 1.5 if I could. I was really dissapointed because I loved the last book I read by this author. I really like her style of writing as well. Unfortunately, with this one she decided to mix religion with her story and her "research" was so far off the mark she ended up with a charicature instead of a character. It is so offensive to me it was hard to overlook and actually enjoy the story.

The Center of Everything, by Laura Moriarty, is one of those rare books that readers devour, then are sorry when the last word appears. Moriarty, transplanted to Kansas as an adult after a lifetime of living in various places in the United States, illuminates the Kansas character and the Kansas landscape in a way few people have done before. She does so with loving, witty language, telling the story through the voice of a young, wise, yet naïve narrator. Evelyn, whose story this is, sees all and