TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ram�ee,Lisa Moore
AU  - Indigo,Bre
TI  - Something to say
SN  - 9780062836724
U1  - [Fic] 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
KW  - African American girls
KW  - Fiction
KW  - sears
KW  - Middle schools
KW  - School stories
KW  - Friendship
KW  - Debates and debating
KW  - Public speaking
N1  - School Library Journal starred, June 2020; Publishers Weekly, June 2020; Booklist, May 2020; Kirkus Starred, May 2020; Horn Book, September 2020; 4.5; 3-6; Follett School Solutions; Accelerated Reader AR; MG; 4.6; 10.0; 509242; BR
N2  - "Eleven-year-old Jenae doesn't have any friends--and she's just fine with that. . . At home, Jenae has plenty of company, like her no-nonsense mama; her older brother, Malcolm, who is home from college after a basketball injury; and her beloved grandpa, Gee. Then a new student shows up at school--a boy named Aubrey with fiery red hair and a smile that won't quit. Jenae can't figure out why he keeps popping up everywhere she goes. The more she tries to push him away, the more he seems determined to be her friend. Despite herself, Jenae starts getting used to having him around. But when the two are paired up for a class debate about the proposed name change for their school, Jenae knows this new friendship has an expiration date. Aubrey is desperate to win and earn a coveted spot on the debate team. There's just one problem: Jenae would do almost anything to avoid speaking up in front of an audience--including risking the first real friendship she's ever had"--Provided by publisher
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