From acclaimed author of Maybe He Just Likes You and Halfway
Normal comes a powerful and moving story of learning how to grow,
change, and survive.
When twelve-year-old Zinnia Manning's older brother Gabriel is diagnosed
with a mental illness, the family's world is turned upside down. Mom and
Dad want Zinny, her sixteen-year-old sister, Scarlett, and her
eight-year-old brother, Aiden, to keep Gabriel's condition
"private"--and to Zinny that sounds the same as "secret." Which means
she can't talk about it to her two best friends, who don't understand
why Zinny keeps pushing them away, turning everything into a joke.
It also means she can't talk about it during Lunch Club, a group run by
the school guidance counselor. How did Zinny get stuck in this weird
club, anyway? She certainly doesn't have anything in common with these
kids--and even if she did, she'd never betray her family's secret.
The only good thing about school is science class, where cool teacher
Ms. Molina has them doing experiments on crayfish. And when Zinny has
the chance to attend a dream marine biology camp for the summer, she
doesn't know what to do. How can Zinny move forward when Gabriel--and,
really, her whole family--still needs her help?