A girl with cerebral palsy navigates loss, grief, and the aftermath of trauma following a school shooting in a world that wasn’t built for her in this deeply affecting novel in verse from Jamie Sumner, the acclaimed author of Roll with It.
There is a Before and an After for eighth grader Bea Coughlin. Before the shooting at her school that took the lives of her classmates and teacher and After, when she must figure out how to grieve, live, and keep rolling forward. But as her community rallies in a tidal wave of marches and speeches and protests, Bea can’t get past the helplessness she felt in her wheelchair as others around her took cover.
Through the help of therapeutic horseback riding, Bea finally begins to feel like herself again. And as she heals, she finds her voice and the bravery to demand change.
- ISBN10 1665956097
- ISBN13 9781665956093
- Publish Date 15 April 2025
- Publish Status Forthcoming
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Simon & Schuster
- Imprint Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 240
- Language English