Urban, L.(2007). A crooked kind of perfect. New York: Scholastic.
Because Zoe Elias' father stays home due to social anxiety and her mother is seen as the sole source of financial support, added to the fact the main character, Zoe, is a female, leads to the reader down a path of gender and culture that is emerging as one that is more and more common in contemporary fiction and easier and easier for readers today to identify with. Zoe's struggle with feeling inadequate as a pianist is resolved when she realizes that life doesn't have to be picture-perfect to be wonderful. As Zoe grows as a character, so does her father in overcoming some of his anxiety issues.
Evaluation criteria: Gender/culture and character
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