![]() ![]() Titles featuring prominent LGBTQ characters have been gradually finding their way to the young adult shelves-but even rarer are middle grade books featuring LGBTQ protagonists. Spoiler: In the end, the drawings and messages are being sent by Ivy's best friend, Taryn, and unfortunately the girl Ivy has feelings for doesn't return them-but the novel ends on a tone of hope for Ivy and her identity. Ivy thinks-and hopes-that this someone might be her classmate, another girl for whom Ivy has begun to develop feelings. ![]() Mysteriously, Ivy's drawings begin to reappear in her locker with notes from someone telling her to speak openly about her identity. Ivy feels invisible and ignored in the aftermath of the storm-and what's worse, her notebook filled with secret drawings of girls holding hands with girls has gone missing. When a tornado rips through town, twelve-year-old Ivy Aberdeen's house is destroyed and her family of five is displaced. ![]()
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