Love, Stargirl

Halfway to Harmony

The Great Big Book of Families

Here in the Real World

Marcelo in the Real World

The Vanderbeekers Make a Wish

The Girl in the Painting

Play It Again, Mallory

Biz knows how to float. She has her people, her posse, her mom and the twins. She has Grace. And she has her dad, who tells her about the little kid she was, who loves her so hard, and who shouldn't be here but is. So Biz doesn't tell anyone anything. Not about her dark, runaway thoughts, not about kissing Grace or noticing Jasper, the new boy. And she doesn't tell anyone about her dad. Because her dad died when she was six. And Biz knows how to float, right there on the surface—normal okay regular fine.

But after what happens on the beach—first in the ocean, and then in the sand--the tethers that hold Biz steady come undone. Dad disappears, and with him, all comfort. It might be easier, better, sweeter to float all the way away? Or maybe stay a little longer, find her father, bring him back to her. Or maybe—maybe maybe maybe—there's a third way Biz just can't see yet.

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Love, Stargirl

Jerry Spinelli, 2007

Halfway to Harmony

Barbara O'connor, 2021

The Great Big Book of Families

Mary Hoffman, Ros Asquith, 2010

Here in the Real World

Sara Pennypacker, 2020

Marcelo in the Real World

Francisco X. Stork, 2008

The Vanderbeekers Make a Wish

Karina Yan Glaser, 2021

The Girl in the Painting

Eve Bunting, Susan Meddaugh, 1990

Play It Again, Mallory

Laurie Friedman, 2013