Jamie Sumner crée des histoires qui célèbrent le courage et la beauté présents chez tous les enfants. Auteure de romans pour jeunes adultes acclamés par la critique et d'essais sur la parentalité, elle apporte une perspective unique à son écriture. S'appuyant sur son expérience de mère d'un fils atteint de paralysie cérébrale, Sumner défend la représentation du handicap dans la littérature. Son œuvre se distingue par son portrait authentique des voix des jeunes et de leurs parcours.
A young girl embarks on a transformative summer journey to conquer her anxiety, offering a heartfelt exploration of personal growth and resilience. Through her experiences, she learns valuable lessons about facing fears and embracing life’s challenges. This middle grade novel, praised for its hopeful message, resonates with readers navigating their own struggles.
An irresistible middle-grade debut about a girl with cerebral palsy whose life takes an unexpected turn. Ellie tells it like it is. That surprises some people, who see a girl in a wheelchair and think she's going to be all sunshine and cuddles. The thing is, Ellie has big dreams to chase. If she's not writing fan letters to her favorite celebrity chefs, she's practicing recipes on her well-meaning, if overworked, mother. But when Ellie and her mom move so they can help take care of her ailing grandpa, Ellie has to start all over again in a new town at a new school. Except she's not just the new kid-she's the new kid in the wheelchair who lives in the trailer park on the wrong side of town. It all feels like one challenge too many, until Ellie starts to make her first-ever friends. Now she just has to convince her mom that this town might be the best thing that ever happened to them!
The eagerly-anticipated sequel to Jamie Sumner's acclaimed and beloved novel Roll with It
From the acclaimed author of Roll with It and Tune It Out comes a funny and moving middle-grade novel about a boy who uses his unusual talent to try to fit in at his new school.