author of The One and Only Ivan

and she's nothing but a pest to her older brother Fofana

Sixteen-year-old Jackie Chavez loves her local amusement park

who is nonbinary

and threads of the familiar and fantastic are spun together to guide you on your own personal journey

A Map for Falasteen: A Palestinian Child's Search for Home Contemporary Women Fiction author of The One andA young Palestinian girl living in diaspora struggles to find her homeland on a map in this gentle and heartfelt picture book. At school, Falasteen and her classmates are tasked with finding their families' home countries on a map, but no matter how hard she looks, Falasteen can't find Palestine. Can a place exist if it's not on a map? Confused, Falasteen turns to her family for answers. Her grandfather, grandmother, and Mama encourage her to see