Lia struggles with schoolwork

growing up in an Orthodox Jewish community

Young People's Poet Laureate

brilliant boys who grew up with every expectation that one day

the pizza is fatal

Graciela in the Abyss Travis Nichols Lia struggles with schoolwork"A thrilling, action packed journey filled with heart, bravery, and ghostly exploits."Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A sea ghost, a mortal boy, and a dangerous enchanted harpoon . . . A Newbery Medalist takes us far beneath the waves in this extraordinary foray into fantasy. In the deepest recesses of the ocean, Gracielaonce an ordinary girlnow makes sea glass and assists her friend, Amina, as she welcomes newly awakened sea ghosts from their death