Iveliz Explains It All: (Newbery Honor Award Winner) - Andrea Beatriz Arango

\nNEWBERY HONOR AWARD WINNER - In this timely and moving novel in verse, a preteen girl navigates seventh grade while facing mental health challenges. A hopeful, poetic story about learning to advocate for the help and understanding you deserve. \nPowerful. --Lisa Fipps, Printz Honor-winning author of Starfish \n \nHow do you speak up when it feels like no one is listening? \n \nThe end of elementary school? \nWorst time of my life. \nAnd the start of middle school? \nI just wasn't quite right. \nBut this year? \nYO VOY A MI. \n \nSeventh grade is going to be Iveliz's year. She's going to make a new friend, help her abuela Mimi get settled after moving from Puerto Rico, and she is not going to get into any more trouble at school. . . . \n \nExcept is that what happens? Of course not. Because no matter how hard Iveliz tries, sometimes people say things that just make her so mad. And worse, Mimi keeps saying Iveliz's medicine is unnecessary--even though it helps Iveliz feel less sad. But how do you explain your feelings to others when you're not even sure what's going on yourself? \n \nPowerful and compassionate, Andrea Beatriz Arango's debut navigates mental health, finding your voice, and discovering that those who really love you will stay by your side no matter what.\n