![]() ![]() Sayre, a master storyteller in the coming-of-age genre, asks readers to confront superficial assumptions about gender and beauty, and breathes new life into the canon of middle-grade realistic fiction. She teaches Sophie new lessons about her family and heritage, while also challenging her to rethink how she feels about friends, boys, and even her sense of place in the Brooklyn neighborhood where she lives. ![]() When her mother's alcohol addiction spirals out of control, Sophie's Auntie Amara steps in to help. ![]() Though she appears confident, stylish, and easygoing at school, Sophie lives a nightmare at home. Sayre details the private and public life of a thirteen-year-old burdened with far more than the middle-school adjective of Pretty. Though she appears confident, stylish, and easygoing at school. Sophie's perspective on what being pretty really means changes drastically in the second adjective-busting novel by the author of Husky, Justin Sayre. Sophies perspective on what being pretty really means changes drastically in the second adjective-busting novel by the author of Husky, Justin Sayre. ![]() is a superb addition to the middle grade literary canon.' - VOYA Reviews'There is not a false note in the writing. Justin will be in conversation with John Polly (RuPaul's Drag Race Extra Lap)! ' - Kirkus Reviews'A moving journey of self-discovery and a gratifying coming-of-age story.' - Publishers Weekly'Husky. ![]()
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