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Map of You
by Sophie Williams (Author / Illustrator)
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Booktalk: This middle grade activity book encourages readers to navigate the landscape of their psyche by coloring, writing, doodling, drawing and completing personality quizzes. To help young readers work through their anxieties, encourage honest self-reflection, and inspire a sense of acceptance and optimism –even in times of darkness– readers are invited to complete their ‘strength mountain’, to explore their ‘wetlands of weakness’, to confront their ‘forests of fears’, to take comfort in their ‘islands of interests’, and more.

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Everything Together: A Second Dad Wedding
by Benjamin Klas (Author) and Fian Arroyo (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: When Jeremiah arrives in Minneapolis to spend the summer with his Dad, everything feels odd. His dad’s fiancé, Michael, has buried the apartment in piles of DIY wedding decorations. His best friend Sage now spends all her time with a new girl as quirky and bright as Sage ever was. Everywhere he goes, Jeremiah feels like the odd one out. Eager for something to get him away from all this, he starts volunteering in an English class for refugees. As the summer goes on, Jeremiah finds community in new places and with unexpected friends.

Snippet: There were many problems with the whole staying with Dad for the summer thing. I loved it and all but it was hard to switch back and forth between Iowa and the Twin Cities. Leaving all of my friends for three months always made me the outsider when I returned in time for school.

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