Jo Knowles
Starting middle school brings all the usual challenges â€” until the unthinkable happens, and Fern and her family must find a way to heal.,Twelve-year-old Fern feels invisible. It seems as though everyone in her family has better things to do than pay attention to her: Mom (when sheâ€™s not meditating) helps Dad run the family restaurant; Sarah is taking a gap year after high school; and Holden pretends that Mom and Dad and everyone else doesnâ€™t know heâ€™s gay, even as he fends off bullies at school. Then thereâ€™s Charlie: three years old, a "surprise" baby, the center of everyoneâ€™s world. Heâ€™s devoted to Fern, but heâ€™s annoying, too, always getting his way, always dirty, always commanding attention. If it wasnâ€™t for Ran, Fernâ€™s calm and positive best friend, thereâ€™d be nowhere to turn. Ranâ€™s mantra, "All will be well," is soothing in a way that nothing else seems to be. And when Ran says it, Fern can almost believe itâ€™s true. But then tragedy strikes- and Fern feels not only more alone than ever, but also responsible for the accident that has wrenched her family apart. All will not be well. Or at least all will never be the same.
Young Adult,Realistic Fiction,Childrens,Middle Grade,Contemporary,Fiction,Family,Death,LGBT,Young Adult,Teen,Young Adult,Coming Of Age
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