Pub Date: March 11, 2025
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2024031010
Lexile Code: 0850
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: 12 to UP
Physical Info: 0.69" H x 8.55" L x 5.53" W ( 0.61 lbs) 160 pages
Description: "In this poignant mixed voice, mixed form collection of interconnected prose, poems and stories, teen characters, their families, and their communities grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic."--
Review Quotes: ★ "Heavy, important, powerful and evergreen; remembers kids during the time when the world stopped." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review
★ "An emotionally impactful read." --Publishers Weekly, starred review ★ "The book boasts memorable characters and beautiful writing--especially the poems. It is singularly relevant in its unsparing examination of the plague and its impact on young lives." --Booklist, starred review ★ "An essential purchase to explore grief associated with the pandemic; give to fans of Elizabeth Acevedo and Elisabet Velasquez." --School Library Journal, starred review "[An] intriguing and heartbreaking collection of stories and poems." --The Bulletin