![]() ![]() This quiet, steady story especially shines when destigmatizing Abby’s social anxiety and Paul’s particular form of cancer. ![]() With each new challenge Abby surmounts, she learns that being anxious and sensitive doesn’t mean that she can’t also be other things: a supportive sister, a good friend, and a brave person too. The whole family pulls together to support Paul through surgery and chemotherapy, which is hard on all of them. She suffers from social anxiety at school and finds it difficult to make new friends however, when a cute boy moves into Cat’s old house next door, Abby finds herself making tentative steps toward a new friendship with him. Abby and Paul have their two moms, Mom Rachel and Mama Dee, for support, and Abby has her turtle, Fudge, to talk to, but with Cat gone, she doesn’t have anyone else to turn to. Her best friend, Cat, is moving away to Israel, and her older brother, Paul, is diagnosed with testicular cancer. ![]() Twelve-year-old Abby Braverman does not feel brave. A quiet, poetry-writing, nature-loving tween learns to cope with changes and challenges during a difficult year. ![]()
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