An accessible and beautifully written middle grade novel-in-verse by award-winning Irish author Meg Grehan about Stevie, a young girl reckoning with anxiety about the many things she has yet to understand—including her feelings about her friend Chloe. Perfect for fans of Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World, Star Crossed, and George.
Eleven-year-old Stevie is an avid reader and she knows a lot of things about a lot of things. But these are the things she'd like to know the most:
The ocean and all the things that live there and why it's so scary
The stars and all the constellations
How phones work
What happened to Princess Anastasia
Knots
Knowing things makes Stevie feel safe, powerful, and in control should anything bad happen. And with the help of her mom, she is finding the tools to manage her anxiety.
But there’s one something Stevie doesn’t know, one thing she wants to understand above everything else, and one thing she isn't quite ready to share with her mom: the fizzy feeling she gets in her chest when she looks at her friend, Chloe. What does it mean and why isn't she ready to talk about it?
In this poetic exploration of identity and anxiety, Stevie must confront her fears to find inner freedom all while discovering it is our connections with others that make us stronger.
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9780358732976
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication Date: 11-22-2022
Pages: 192
Product Dimensions: 5.10(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range: 8 - 12 Years
About the Author
Meg Grehan is a writer originally from County Louth, but is now hiding away in Donegal in the northwest corner of Ireland, with a very ginger girlfriend, an even more ginger dog, and an undisclosed number of cats (none of whom is ginger). In 2018, she won the Eillís Dillon award from Children’s Books Ireland. She is currently studying film and likes cake and rain; dislikes going outside. Website: megcathwrites.wordpress.com Twitter & Instagram: @megcathwrites
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I know a lot of things About a lot of things But the thing I know the most about Is me Stevie
I know that I am eleven years and two months old And that my hair is brown And my eyes are green And I’m allergic to peanuts
I know I have a mum Whose room is right next to mine And that sometimes we tap and scratch on the wall at night Morse code is good for scaring nightmares away I know that
I know I have a dad And I know that he lives far away And I know that’s not my fault And I know that that’s OK
I know that I have a funny name Because the doctors said my mum was going to have a baby boy But then I popped out A slimy wriggly baby girl And she liked the name too much by then So Stevie it was And Stevie I am
I know I like the color purple And things that sparkle And science and books And cats and stars and space
I know that I broke my pinkie finger once And that now It sticks out funny
I know I’m afraid of zombies and clowns And not much else I know I can be brave But that sometimes it’s hard
I know a lot About me
There’s only one thing In the whole of me That I don’t know
It’s something funny It’s in my chest And sometimes my tummy And always my head It’s a fizzy feeling Warm and squishy And it makes me blush And it only happens When I look at my friend Chloe