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      by Jamie Sumner
      Published
      Apr 2025
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
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      240
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      Three starred reviews!

      A girl with cerebral palsy navigates loss, grief, and the aftermath of trauma following a school shooting in a world that wasn't built for her in this "intimate, lyrical" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) novel in verse from Jamie Sumner, the acclaimed author of Roll with It.

      There is a Before and an After for sixth grader Bea Coughlin. Before the shooting at her school that took the lives of her classmates and teacher and After, when she must figure out how to grieve, live, and keep rolling forward. But as her community rallies in a tidal wave of marches and speeches and protests, Bea can't get past the helplessness she felt in her wheelchair as others around her took cover.

      Through the help of therapeutic horseback riding, Bea finally begins to feel like herself again. And as she heals, she finds her voice and the bravery to demand change.

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      General Fiction

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      Disabilities

      Age Level

      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Middle Grade

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      Mar 2026 Atheneum ISBN 1665956089
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