Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World

A tornado destroys Ivy Aberdeen’s house and leaves her family trying to rebuild their lives. Ivy feels overlooked in the upheaval, and the loss of her private notebook makes everything more frightening. Its drawings show girls holding hands, expressing feelings she has not yet found words to share. When the pictures begin appearing in her locker with encouraging messages, Ivy wonders whether the sender might be the classmate she has a crush on. Following that possibility means risking the exposure she fears. Ashley Herring Blake’s middle-grade novel follows first attraction, family disruption and the search for a place where a young girl’s changing sense of herself can be heard.