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We are all so good at smiling

When hospitalized for her clinical depression, Whimsy connects with a boy named Faerry, who also suffers from the traumatic loss of a sibling, and together they work to unearth buried memories and battle the fantastical physical embodiment of their depression.

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Main Author: McBride, Amber (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2023.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Mental health > Young adult fiction.
Magic > Young adult fiction.
Friendship > Young adult fiction.
Depression, Mental > Young adult fiction.
Grief > Young adult fiction.
Psychic trauma > Young adult fiction.
African Americans > Young adult fiction.
Novels in verse > Young adult.
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Summary:When hospitalized for her clinical depression, Whimsy connects with a boy named Faerry, who also suffers from the traumatic loss of a sibling, and together they work to unearth buried memories and battle the fantastical physical embodiment of their depression.
Physical Description:283 pages ; 22 cm.
Audience:Ages 13 and up.
Grades 10-12.
ISBN:9781250780386
1250780381
Author Notes:Amber McBride's debut young adult novel, Me (Moth) , was a finalist for the National Book Awards and won the 2022 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent, among many other accolades. Her second young adult novel, We Are All So Good at Smiling , was a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, and praised for offering "important messages, uniquely delivered" by Kirkus in a starred review. Gone Wolf, Amber McBride's middle grade fiction debut, was awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and was named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews . She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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