β Scribed by Margaret Dilloway
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
A story about a shy eleven-year-old who learns to manage her anxiety through improv classesβand discovers her activist voice.
Eleven-year-old Ava Andrews has a Technicolor interior with a gray shell. On the inside, she bubbles with ideas and plans. On the outside, everyone except her best friend, Zelia, thinks she doesnβt talk or, worse, is stuck-up. What nobody knows is that Ava has invisible disabilities: anxiety and a heart condition.
Ava hopes middle school will be a fresh start, but when Zelia moves across the country and Avaβs Nana Linda pushes her to speak up about social issues, she withdraws further. So Ava is shocked when her writing abilities impress her classmates and they invite her to join their improv group, making up stories onstage. Determined to prove she can control her anxiety, she joinsβand discovers a whole new side of herself, and what it means to be on a team.
But as Avaβs self-confidence blossoms, her relationship with Zelia strains, and she learns that it isnβt enough just to raise your voiceβitβs how and why you use it that matters.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
**A subversive, macabre novel of a young Indian man's misadventures in Victorian London as the city is racked by a series of murders** In a small Bihari village, Captain William T. Meadows finds just the man to further his phrenological research back home: Amir Ali, confessed member of the infamous
On paper, Nora's life looks perfect. She's moving in with her boyfriend Dan, she has a stable job and a great group of friends. But she's stuck in what she refers to as "meta-life," the plight of overthinking and secondguessing to the point of self-sabotage. One day at work, Nora decides to thwart h
"A hilarious riches-to-rags-and-redemption saga." --_Publishers Weekly_ **When You've Had Everything, What's Next?** A wealthy boyfriend, designer clothes, exotic vacations, and a Central Park penthouse--these are a few of Eva Cantrell's favorite things. But when her boyfriend turns out to be an i
Smart, likable, Bernie Fine was the wonder boy of??Wolff's, New York's most glamorous department??store. A senior VP moving up, he arrives in San??Fransisco to open a West Coast store. His career is??skyrocketing, but his life is lacking a center.??When he looks into the wide, innocent eyes of??five
### From Library Journal Bernard Fine is happy with his life. In his early 30s, he has just been made senior vice-president of Wolff's Department Store in his hometown of New York. He is not pleased, therefore, when he is sent to California to open up a posh new Wolff's in San Francisco. His luck c
### From Library Journal Bernard Fine is happy with his life. In his early 30s, he has just been made senior vice-president of Wolff's Department Store in his hometown of New York. He is not pleased, therefore, when he is sent to California to open up a posh new Wolff's in San Francisco. His luck c