- Publisher: Fitzroy / Regal House
It’s Anny’s first day of middle school—and, after years of being homeschooled, her first day of public school ever.
At her art table, a girl named Larissa asks her what kind of ESP is her favorite: telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, or telekinesis? Another girl, Tracy, asks them how they identify: gay, straight, bi, asexual, pan, trans, or confused?
And thus kicks off a school year for Anny in which she’ll navigate a path between childhood and adolescence, between imagination and identity.
In a year of turmoil and transition, creative games and surging hormones and new awareness of mortality and loss, Anny struggles to find meaning in the tragedy of a friend’s death, come to terms with her questions about her own identity, and negotiate ever-shifting relationship with her new friends at school.
And when her oldest friend Ella’s life is endangered, Anny must summon up her wits, imagination, and the ghosts that haunt her to save her.
A new middle-grade reader for readers ages 9-12 from Nancy McCabe.
Forthcoming in 2025.