Pink hair and other terrible ideas

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Personal Author:

Pyros, Andrea

Physical Description:

249 pages ; 20 cm.

Summary:

When seventh-grader Josephine's mother is diagnosed with breast cancer, she wants to keep it secret, even from her best friend Makayla, but her twin brother, Chance, has other ideas.

Subject Term:

Middle schools -- Juvenile fiction

Schools -- Juvenile fiction

Breast -- Cancer -- Juvenile fiction.

Cancer -- Juvenile fiction.

Siblings -- Juvenile fiction.

Twins -- Juvenile fiction

Single-parent families -- Juvenile fiction

Audience/Lexile:

720 L

Publication Info:

North Mankato, Minnesota : Capstone Editions, [2019]

Subject:

Middle schools -- Juvenile fiction

Schools -- Juvenile fiction

Breast -- Cancer -- Juvenile fiction.

Cancer -- Juvenile fiction.

Siblings -- Juvenile fiction.

Twins -- Juvenile fiction

Single-parent families -- Juvenile fiction

Cancers

Carcinoma

Malignancy (Cancer)

Malignant tumors

Brothers and sisters

Sibling relations

Sisters and brothers

SAILS ISBN:

9781684460281

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Library	Shelf Number	Shelf Location	Status
Searching... Plainville Public Library	J PYR	CHILDREN FICTION	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Bridgewater Public Library	J PYROS, A.	CHILDREN FICTION	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Carver Public Library	J FIC PYR	CHILDREN FICTION	Searching... Unknown

Twelve-year-old Josephine has a lot on her plate, best friend issues, first crush issues, divorced parent issues, twin brother issues . . . and then her mom hits her with news that shakes her to her core: a breast cancer diagnosis. Josephine doesn't want anyone to know, not even her best friend. Sharing the news means it's actually real, and that's something she's not ready to face. Plus it would mean dealing with the stares and pity of her classmates. She got enough of that when her parents split up. Unfortunately for Josephine, her twin brother, Chance, doesn't feel the same way. And when Chance dyes his hair pink to support his mom, the cat is out of the bag. Suddenly Josephine has to rethink her priorities. Does getting an invite to the party of the year matter when your mom is sick? And what if it does matter? Does that make her a monster?

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Kirkus Review

Cancer is so inconvenient.It would be challenging to find a more self-obsessed 12-year-old than Josephine, whose dithering over an upcoming birthday party takes precedence over everything in her lifeincluding her mother's upcoming mastectomy. Josephine's twin, Chance, decides to support his mother by dyeing his hair pink, setting off a new wave of panic for Josephine, who doesn't want anyone, even her best friend, Makayla, to know about her mom. The flailing continues as Josephine debates going to spirit night, where Autumn will ask boys to her birthday party (OMG), and rejects a support group for kids whose parents have cancer (no way!). Josephine's fear of attention is equally linked, by her, to unwanted scrutiny after her parents' divorce and an unhappy sixth-grade romance (the shame of it all!). A crush on Chance's friend Diego is just too much for a girl with the resilience of a fruit fly. To helm her tepid plot, Pyros has created a solipsistic main character who fails completely to capture readers' empathy. Set in New York's Westchester County, the story will leave them more annoyed with Josephine than they are with either cancer or divorce. Makayla is black, and Diego is Latinx; other characters, including Josephine and her family, are default white.Only a girl with the depth of a bowl of soup could blow off everyone who loves her while complaining that no one gets her. (Fiction. 12-14) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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