The Way to Bea

There's Something About Sweetie

Prairie Evers

Shakespeare Bats Cleanup

Ways to Grow Love: Ryan Hart

Prairie Lotus

Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers

Lucky Breaks

A funny, uplifting debut about running, romance—and dealing with college rejection and other hurdles

On New Year’s Day, Alice Davis goes for a run. Her first ever. It’s painful and embarrassing, but so was getting denied by the only college she cares about. Alice knows she has to stop sitting around and complaining to her best friend, Jenni, and her pet rat, Walter, about what a loser she is. But what doesn’t know is that by taking those first steps out the door, she is setting off down a road filled with new challenges—including vicious side stitches, chafing in unmentionable places, and race-paced first love—and strengthening herself to endure when the going suddenly gets tougher than she ever imagined.

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The Way to Bea

Kat Yeh, 2017

There's Something About Sweetie

Sandhya Menon, 2019

Prairie Evers

Ellen Airgood, 2012

Shakespeare Bats Cleanup

Ron Koertge, 2003

Ways to Grow Love: Ryan Hart

Renée Watson, Niña Mata, 2021

Prairie Lotus

Linda Sue Park, 2020

Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers

A Arter, Caela Carter, 2021

Lucky Breaks

Susan Patron, Matt Phelan, 2009