Loved everything about this book.
the children and adult characters were perfectly crafted to help serve the story of acceptance of self and of others, the setting allowed for the plot to develop with little details about milestones achieved to gain that acceptance and the plot had mysteries pursued and revealed in due time with a beautifully messy conclusion.

Sweet and relatable.

I saw this highly recommended (but without much context) somewhere, so I checked it out for my 11yo, and he LOVED it and insisted I read it.

I live for well-done middle grade books, and this one was really great. I tend to prefer serious, soulful kid books over fluffy ones, but this was a nice combination: a story about meaningful topics but told with a light enough hand that it shouldn’t turn kids off or make them feel like they’ve been sat in front of an afterschool special to Learn Things. It was also refreshing to have the main parent-child relationships be so healthy and open.

If you want to know what the book is about, you can easily find that info elsewhere, but I’d recommend just jumping in and letting it surprise you.

This is such a wholesome book and I definitely recommend it for any age.

This is a short, but phenominal book! It's worth more stars than I can give.

Aven, our main character in this coming of age novel is forced to move from Kansas to Arizona when her dad gets a new job running a theme park. As aven has to get used to everything from a new climate to a new school we are with her all the way.

This could sound like another coming of age book with the usual content, but it isn't. Aven takes us through everything from making new freinds, to learning how to run a blog, discover the identity of your birth mother, realizing along the way what truly matters in life as she gets more and more settled in her new home...oh and all this she does without arm, but with her two best freinds Connor who ticks and barks, but is humorous and really smart. And Zion who is used to bieng the fat kid, and therefore seeks solitude, in reality he is just a really nice guy.

These three becomes the new generation of x-men, or at least the teenage middle school version as they conquer their fears, insecurities, and acomplishes their goals together....oh and not to forget spaghetti the fourth x-men member. He is a 20 something year old llama with a headtumor who becomes avens first freinds in Arizona

This was the cutest little gem of a story. I may have cried at the end.
A 13 year old girl who happens to not have arms moves to new town and makes friends with a few other kids who also see themselves as “different.”

I loved this one.