The Most Perfect Thing in the Universe (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780823447572)

For fans of Shouting at the Rain by Lynda Mullaly and The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle by Christina Uss, a novel about one unadventurous girl who discovers she is anything but.

Eleven-year-old Loah Londonderry is definitely a homebody. While her mother, a noted ornithologist, works to save the endangered birds of the shrinking Arctic tundra, Loah anxiously counts the days till her return home. But then, to Loah's surprise and dismay, Dr. Londonderry decides to set off on a perilous solo quest to find the Loah bird, long believed extinct. Does her mother care more deeply about Loah the bird than Loah her daughter?

Things get worse yet when Loah's elderly caretakers fall ill and she finds herself all alone except for her friend Ellis. Ellis has big problems of her own, but she believes in Loah. She's certain Loah has strengths that are hidden yet wonderful, like the golden feather tucked away on her namesake bird's wing. When Dr. Londonderry's expedition goes terribly wrong, Loah needs to discover for herself whether she has the courage and heart to find help for her mother, lost at the top of the world.

Beautifully written, The Most Perfect Thing in the Universe is about expeditions big and small, about creatures who defy gravity and those of us who are bound by it.

A Mighty Girl Best Book of the Year
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

Author: Tricia Springstubb
ISBN-10: 082344757X
ISBN-13: 9780823447572
Publisher: Margaret Ferguson Books
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2021
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.70w x 0.90d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.8
Point Value: 6
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 511803 / Most Perfect Thing in the Universe


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/26/2021
Booklist 05/01/2021 pg. 48
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2021
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2021
School Library Journal 07/09/2021 pg. 1
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2021 pg. 107
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2021 - Superior,Well Above Average