Nicole D Collier
Author
Language
English
Description
"For answers and a dose of good luck, twelve-year-old Maya turns to her Wheel of Fortunes, a cardboard circle covered with the small slips of wisdom she's collected from fortune cookies. But can the fortunes answer her deep-down questions? The ones she's too scared to ask out loud? Such as, where did Mama's smile go, the real one that lit up everything around her? When will Daddy move back home? And, most of all, does she have enough courage to truly...
Author
Publisher
Versify, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Pip. Unzip. Escape! It's hatching season, and all of Jemison Elementary is buzzing about the arrival of the baby chicks. Soon, the chicks will pip a hole in their shell, unzip the egg, and take their places in the world. For fifth-grader Jillian, breaking out of her shell is much harder. Jillian is always too shy to raise her hand in class, even when she knows the right answers; meanwhile her nemesis, Rashida, is never afraid to speak her mind. As...