Growing up is complicated

Clovis used to struggle with his temper

A powerful and expertly told novel-in-verse by about a 12-year-old Dominican American swimmer who is diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis by an award-winning poet

calling her mom back home with every stroke

and Tabitha

Loaf the Cat Goes To The Powwow Shawnelle Gibbs Growing up is complicatedA Native American boy's cat surprises him at his first powwowmaking for a very special dance indeed! Loaf the cat loves to play with her boy, and when shes particularly happy, shell make the purr sound for him. She also likes to keep tabs on him, so when he disappears one day, she decides to find him. She follows his smell to a place where there are drums and colors and lots of peopleand then shes excited to see her boy dancing fast, making the