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Ellie Engle saves herself! / Leah Johnson.
As twelve-year-old Ellie Engle navigates seventh grade and her changing relationship with her best friend, a freak accident occurs and gives Ellie the ability to bring things back to life through touch.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781368085557 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 275 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Los Angeles : Disney-Hyperion, 2023.
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| Subject: | Ability > Juvenile fiction. African Americans > Juvenile fiction. Middle school students > Juvenile fiction. Best friends > Juvenile fiction. Friendship > Juvenile fiction. |
| Genre: | Magic realist fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- Baker & Taylor
As twelve-year-old Ellie Engle navigates seventh grade and her changing relationship with her best friend, a freak accident occurs and gives Ellie the ability to bring things back to life through touch. - Baker & Taylor
Thrust into the spotlight when it is discovered she has the power to bring anything back to life with just her touch, Ellie tries to survive middle school while dodging the paparazzi, an international pop star and her feelings for her best friend. 250,000 first printing. - Grand Central Pub
From award-winning YA author Leah Johnson comes her middle grade debut: a laugh-until-you-cry, cry-until-you-laugh story about friendship, change, and the power we have to love ourselves.
Ellie Engle doesnât stand out. Not at home, where she's alone with her pet fish since her dad moved away and her mom has to work around the clock . Not at the bakery, where she helps out old Mr. Walker on the weekends. And definitely not at school, where her best friend Abbyâthe coolest, boldest, most talented girl in the worldâdrags Ellie along on her never-ending quest to âmake her mark.â To someone else, a life in the shadows might seem boring, or lonely. But not to Ellie. As long as she has Abby by her side and a comic book in her hand, sheâs quite content.
Too bad life didnât bother checking in with Ellie. Because when a freak earthquake hits her small town, Ellie wakes up with the power to bring anything back to life with just her touch. And when a video of her using her powers suddenly goes viral, Ellieâs life goes somewhere she never imaginedâor wanted: straight into the spotlight.
Surviving middle school is hard enough. Surviving middle school when paparazzi are camped out on your front lawn and an international pop singer wants you to use your powers on live tv and you might be in love with your best friend but she doesnât know it? Absolutely impossible. - Random House, Inc.
From award-winning YA author Leah Johnson comes her magical middle grade debut: a laugh-until-you-cry, cry-until-you-laugh story about an ordinary girl whose life is turned upside down by some extraordinary powers.
Kirkus Best of 2023
Chicago Public Libraryâs Best of the Best Books of 2023
Named a Best Book of 2023 by School Library Journal
Shortlisted for the 2024 LGBTQ+ Middle Grade Lambda Literary Award The Bank Street Best Books of the Year List, 2024 (Star for Outstanding Merit) Selected for the ALA Booklist Rainbow List, 2024
Ellie Engle doesnât stand out. Not at home, where she's alone with her pet fish since her dad moved away and her mom has to work around the clock . Not at the bakery, where she helps out old Mr. Walker on the weekends. And definitely not at school, where her best friend Abbyâthe coolest, boldest, most talented girl in the worldâdrags Ellie along on her never-ending quest to âmake her mark.â To someone else, a life in the shadows might seem boring, or lonely. But not to Ellie. As long as she has Abby by her side and a comic book in her hand, sheâs quite content.
Too bad life didnât bother checking in with Ellie. Because when a freak earthquake hits her small town, Ellie wakes up with fantastical powers that allow her to bring anything back to life with just her touch. And when a video of her using her powers suddenly goes viral, Ellieâs life goes somewhere she never imaginedâor wanted: straight into the spotlight.Â
Surviving middle school is hard enough. Surviving middle school when paparazzi are camped out on your front lawn and an international pop singer wants you to use your powers on live tv and you might be in love with your best friend but she doesnât know it? Absolutely impossible.
