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Award-winning author Tanita S. Davis delivers a heartwarming and humorous middle grade tale about a young girl who finds her own voice through vlogging and learns to speak out. Perfect for fans for Wendy Mass and Lisa Greenwald and now available in paperback.JC shines like a 4th of July sparkler. She has the best ideas, the biggest, funniest laugh, and the party starts when she arrives. Serena St. John is proud to be known as her best friend.Everything changes when JC returns from the hospital with a new kidney—and a new best friend. Out of the spotlight of JC’s friendship, suddenly things aren’t quite so sparkly in Serena’s world.Lonely Serena works on perfecting her vlogs, hoping to earn a shot at becoming a classroom reporter. If she can be smart and funny on video, why can’t she manage that in real life? If only she could always pause, edit, or delete conversations. It would be so much easier to say the right thing at the right time . . . instead of not saying what she should, or, even worse, blurting out a secret that wasn’t hers to share.Life doesn’t have a pause button—but as Serena discovers her voice through vlogging, she learns that she’s not just there to reflect JC’s light—she’s fully capable of shining on her own.

From award-winning author Tanita S. Davis comes a nuancedexploration of the microaggressions of middle school and a young Black girlnamed Madalyn who learns that being a good friend means dealing with the blueskies and the rain—and having the tough conversations on days that are partlycloudy. Perfect for fans of A Good Kind of Trouble and From the Deskof Zoe Washington.Lightning couldn’t strike twice, could it? After a terrible year, Madalyn needs clearskies desperately. Moving in with her great-uncle, Papa Lobo, and switching toa new school is just the first step.It’s not all rainbows and sunshine, though. Madalyndiscovers she’s the only Black girl in her class, and while most of herclassmates are friendly, assumptions lead to some serious storms.Papa Lobo’s long-running feud with neighbor Mrs. Baylorbrings wild weather of its own, and Madalyn wonders just how far things willgo. But when fire threatens the community, Madalyn discovers that truly beingneighborly means more than just staying on your side of the street— it meansweathering tough conversations—and finding that together a family can pullthrough anything.Award-winning author Tanita S. Davis shows us that lifeisn’t always clear, and that partly cloudy days still contain a bit of blueworth celebrating.

From a Coretta Scott King Honor author, a "delightful" novel about the microaggressions of middle school and what one girl learns about community (Lisa Moore Ramée, author of A Good Kind of Trouble).Lightning couldn''t strike twice, could it? After a terrible year, Madalyn needs clear skies desperately. Moving in with her great-uncle, Papa Lobo, and switching to a new school is just the first step.It''s not all rainbows and sunshine, though. Madalyn discovers she''s the only Black girl in her class, and while most of her classmates are friendly, assumptions lead to some serious storms.Papa Lobo''s long-running feud with neighbor Mrs. Baylor brings wild weather of its own, and Madalyn wonders just how far things will go. But when fire threatens their California community, Madalyn discovers that being neighborly means more than just staying on your side of the street— it means weathering tough conversations and finding that together a family can pull through anything."Feel-good realistic fiction . . . reminds young readers that families and friendships alike require honesty, compromise, and understanding—especially when the forecast is partly cloudy." —Booklist (starred review)"In this gentle multigenerational narrative, Davis explores race, tough conversations, and climate change as her endearing protagonist learns to face conflict and embrace community." —Publishers Weekly

Tanita S. Davis, author of Partly Cloudy and Serena Says, has written another funny, warm story featuring middle school and family life—all about the complex calculations it takes for everyone to balance the equations of their lives and what it takes to be part of a team while handling a learning disability. This middle grade novel is perfect for fans of From the Desk of Zoe Washington and A Good Kind of Trouble.Seventh grader Henrietta Weldon gets to switch schools—finally! She’ll be “mainstreaming” into public school, leaving her special education school behind. She can’t wait for her new schedule, new friends, and new classes.Henri’s dyscalculia, a learning disability that makes math challenging to process and understand, is what she expects to give her problems. What she doesn’t expect is a family feud with her sister over her new friends, joining the girls’ soccer team, and discovering poetry. Henri’s tutor and new friend, Vinnie, reminds her to take it slow. One problem at a time.If Henri Weldon has twenty-four hours in a day, and she has two siblings who dislike her four new friends, two hours of soccer practice, seven hours of classes, and three hours of homework . . . she has:A.       No free timeB.        No idea how to make everyone happyC.        No time to figure it out, Henri Weldon!

Tanita S. Davis, author of Partly Cloudy and Serena Says, has written another funny, warm story featuring middle school and family lifeall about the complex calculations it takes for everyone to balance the equations of their lives and what it takes to be part of a team while handling a learning disability. This middle grade novel is perfect for fans of From the Desk of Zoe Washington and A Good Kind of Trouble.Seventh grader Henrietta Weldon gets to switch schoolsfinally! Shell be mainstreaming into public school, leaving her special education school behind. She cant wait for her new schedule, new friends, and new classes.Henris dyscalculia, a learning disability that makes math challenging to process and understand, is what she expects to give her problems. What she doesnt expect is a family feud with her sister over her new friends, joining the girls soccer team, and discovering poetry. Henris tutor and new friend, Vinnie, reminds her to take it slow. One problem at a time.If Henri Weldon has twenty-four hours in a day, and she has two siblings who dislike her four new friends, two hours of soccer practice, seven hours of classes, and three hours of homework . . . she has:A.No free timeB.No idea how to make everyone happyC.No time to figure it out, Henri Weldon!

SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD LAINEY DREAMS of becoming a world famous chef one day and maybe even having her own cooking show. (Do you know how many African American female chefs there aren’t? And how many vegetarian chefs have their own shows? The field is wide open for stardom!) But when her best friend—and secret crush—suddenly leaves town, Lainey finds herself alone in the kitchen. With a little help from Saint Julia (Child, of course), Lainey finds solace in her cooking as she comes to terms with the past and begins a new recipe for the future. Peppered with recipes from Lainey’s notebooks, this delicious debut novel finishes the same way one feels finishing a good meal—satiated, content, and hopeful.From the Hardcover edition.

Meet Mare, a grandmother with flair and a fascinating past.Octavia and Tali are dreading the road trip their parents are forcing them to take with their grandmother over the summer. After all, Mare isn’t your typical grandmother. She drives a red sports car, wears stiletto shoes, flippy wigs, and push-up bras, and insists that she’s too young to be called Grandma. But somewhere on the road, Octavia and Tali discover there’s more to Mare than what you see. She was once a willful teenager who escaped her less-than-perfect life in the deep South and lied about her age to join the African American battalion of the Women’s Army Corps during World War II. Told in alternating chapters, half of which follow Mare through her experiences as a WAC member and half of which follow Mare and her granddaughters on the road in the present day, this novel introduces a larger-than-life character who will stay with readers long after they finish reading.From the Hardcover edition.

Teenage twins Ysabel and Justin Nicholas are lucky. Ysabel''s jewelry designs have already caught the eyes of the art world and Justin''s intelligence and drive are sure to gain him entrance into the most prestigious of colleges. They even like their parents. But their father has a secret—one that threatens to destroy the twins'' happy family and life as they know it.Over the course of spring break, Ysabel and Justin will be forced to come to terms with their dad''s new life, but can they overcome their fears to piece together their happy family again?From the Hardcover edition.