![]() ![]() Agent: Keely Boeving, WordServe Literary. June and her mom are white racial diversity is implied for secondary characters. In a love letter to libraries told in June’s thoughtful voice, Sumner ( Tune It Out) vividly traces one adolescent’s anxiety and its attendant difficulties. In the tradition of Wonder and Out of My Mind, this big-hearted middle grade debut tells the story of an irrepressible. ![]() Soon, though, the garden and emboldening wig lead to June impulsively stopping her anxiety meds, with disastrous results. Following an incident with her mother’s strict boss, who attempts to destroy Miss Rumphius–inspired seedlings, Homer and June start a secret garden behind the library, where June finds respite in caring for vulnerable plants. Friday March 11, 2022: 4:00pm to 4:30pm Add to Calendar / Add to Google. Jamie Sumner is the author of Roll with It, Time to Roll, Tune It Out, One Kids Trash, The Summer of June, and Maid for It.Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other publications.She loves stories that celebrate the grit and beauty in all kids. ![]() ![]() And her new vibe attracts the friendship of poetry-reciting Homer Juarez, whom June meets at the library. First Chapter Friday Episode 42 Roll With It by Jamie Sumner on AADL.TV. Tired of “being the nervous mouse girl who is scared all the time,” 11-year-old June-who quiets anxious thoughts by pulling out strands of her hair-shaves her head at the beginning of summer, deciding that she and her single librarian mother will “own our power as fierce, independent females.” Though eliminating this coping mechanism doesn’t curb the “itchy worry,” it does lead to her wearing an electric blue wig. ![]()
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