Mya’s Strategy to Save the World
by Tanya Lloyd Kyi (Author)
Booktalk: Mya Parsons runs her school’s social justice club with her best friend, Cleo. Her lifelong desire is to work for the United Nations and change the world, and then bask in all the ensuing adulation. Her more immediate desire is to get a phone, preferably one like Cleo’s, with a leopard-print case to match. When her distracted dad and her long-distance mom (temporarily in Myanmar taking care of Mya’s grandmother) both say no, no way, and possibly never, Mya launches a campaign to prove herself reliable and deserving. She advertises her babysitting services, takes on more responsibility around the house, and attempts to supervise her sister’s skateboarding lessons. Her efforts leave her ego bruised and the kitchen slightly scorched. She’s no closer to touch-screen victory, let alone the Nobel Peace Prize she deserves. But all that changes after an accident leaves Mya to take charge–an experience which helps her realize how much she’s grown, with or without access to proper communications.
Snippet: One day I’ll have an amaZING job with the United Nations. They’ll send me all over the world. I’ll fly into countries that have wars and famines. I’ll find brilliant solutions. Once everyone agrees to my suggestions, I’ll be famous.
I already have plenty of experience with that sort of thing.
Cleo and I sit beside each other in Ms. Martinson’s English class, in the prime spots under the windows. Which would be perfect EXCEPT that all of the desks in her classroom are in groups of four. The other two desks in our square are occupied by Drew and his best friend Ian, and even though we are in seventh grade, not second, the two of them spend ridiculous amounts of time making fart sounds with their armpits and knees.
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