not just for the sake of Hays’s child but for children everywhere enduring injustice and prejudice just as they begin to understand themselves

and shadowy enemies

With only one sleep left before Christmas Eve

Barely Floating explores what it means to sparkle in your skin

Always Anthony (Emmie & Friends, 8) Alex Gino not just for the sakeThe eighth book in the New York Times bestselling Emmie & Friends series, told from the alternating POVs of popular Anthony and timid Leah as they grapple with a bullying incident at school. Friends. Bullies. MIDDLE SCHOOL Anthony is TPFW (Too Popular For Words), loves science, hates writing. Leah is a super shy nerd whos finally making friends of her own. What could they have in common? A lot more than they thought, as it turns out! But then one day