· Overview. “This gripping novel examines anxiety, identity, pressure, and power with Barnard’s characteristic lightness of touch.” —The Guardian. “Nuanced, compelling, honest, and important.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Winner of The Bookseller’s YA Book www.doorway.ru: Simon Schuster Books For Young Readers. Goodbye, Perfect is a stand-alone realistic fiction story straight out of current headlines. Young people can love fiercely and sometimes that love is abused by those who should know better. Barnard has created a storyline that readers will be able to relate to, even if /5(85). Goodbye, Perfect is a stand-alone realistic fiction story straight out of current headlines. Young people can love fiercely and sometimes that love is abused by those who should know better. Barnard has created a storyline that readers will be able to relate to, even if /5(93).
Goodbye, Perfect by Sara Barnard My rating: 3 of 5 stars Goodbye Perfect has some wonderful character development and depth but while Barnard handles a difficult topic with real skill I'm afraid the storyline just wasn't for me. THE BLURB When I was wild, you were steady Now you are wild -. Never heavy-handed, Barnard nudges Eden to consider how youth necessarily means lacking the perspective to analyse certain choices. With depth, pace and drama, this is a fabulous and worthy prize winner. Goodbye Perfect by Sara Barnard is published by MacMillan Children's Books, pages. Goodbye, Perfect is a beautiful and emotional contemporary YA novel, with a powerful friendship at its heart, by bestselling author Sara Barnard. When I was wild, you were steady Now you are wild - what am I? Eden McKinley knows she can't count on much in this world, but she can depend on Bonnie, her solid, steady, straight-A best friend.
Goodbye, Perfect is the brilliant third novel by Sara Barnard. Who get again doesn’t any away from difficult subjects, this time in the form of student/teacher relatioǹships. This time we follow Eden in the run up to her GCSE’s, after her best friend, Bonnie runs of with her music teacher Mr Cohn. Overview. “This gripping novel examines anxiety, identity, pressure, and power with Barnard’s characteristic lightness of touch.” —The Guardian. “Nuanced, compelling, honest, and important.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Winner of The Bookseller’s YA Book Prize. GOODBYE, PERFECT. by Sara Barnard ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 29, Eden promised her best friend she’d keep her secret. From the moment they met, when Eden, a British girl of “indeterminate-but-not-quite-white-enough” appearance, was 7 and the new girl at school with a new foster family, white, bright, confident Bonnie has been her best friend, her port of safety, the steady counterpart to her wild side.
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