Just PeachyA coming of age story about self discovery and independence from the Queen of Tween, Jean Ure. Ive always been the quiet one in my dramatic family. Not a drama queen, or a genius composer, or a twin, but Just Peachy. Mum says Ive got my own thing going on I just wish I knew what that was! When I decide I want to attend Sacred Heart school rather than Summerville where my family have always gone everyone finally stops to listen! Stepping out on my own

The outward Disciplines of simplicity

and—through the tenacity of the little girl next door—finally step out onto the sidewalk

Library Journal Editors’ Pick

such as Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give

Unlikely Friendship: When a new boy named Eduardo arrives at school

a mother grappling with the unimaginable loss of her son

An excited Duck wants to hang out with Bear

Fried and Hansson assert

virginity and intrusion

You put your trust in Ben

feminist theory

Unlikely Friendship: He’s the popular senior class president