Overview
For fans of Lynda Mullaly Hunt and Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, with a nod to Kafka, J. S. Lemon’s middle grade debut is an utterly transformative, surprisingly funny, and fiercely original story about friendship, healing, and a beauty that transcends all else.
Greta Goodwin’s life is changing. On top of moving to a new neighborhood far away from her best friend, Lotti, she’s also starting middle school. Greta isn’t totally ready for boys, bras, and the chaotic cafeteria. She still feels like a little kid compared to those female classmates who have suddenly matured over the summer. Girls who are now the talk of the school—unlike Greta, who would rather fly under the radar, especially after a bad haircut that makes her look less “effortlessly beautiful” and more “triangle with legs.”
But at her first-ever middle-school party, a boy does pay attention to Greta. Initially it feels good. And then it feels awful. In the aftermath, Greta can’t make sense of what’s happened, let alone talk about it, even to Lotti. Impossibly, Greta’s body starts to change in a vastly different way from everyone else’s. What follows leads Greta to believe the world might finally see her as she truly is: ethereal, powerful, and free.
Sensitively told and stunningly written, Greta will transform readers just as Greta herself is transformed.
This book title, Greta, ISBN: 9780374392178, by J. S. Lemon, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (September 10, 2024) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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