Listen to This

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Secrets, rumors, shifting friendships, overbearing parents, and on top of all that a first dancehow does anyone survive seventh grade? Told from dual points-of-view, this novel about two tweens finding their voices and standing up for themselves is for fans of Lisa Yee, Leslie Connor, and Janae Marks.

Lily, Maddie, and Sasha have always been the perfect friendship sandwichthey tell one another everything and each one is vital to making the whole. But this year everything is changing. Everyone seems to be keeping secrets from the others. And Maddie and Sasha made the elite soccer team and Lily didnt. Now theyre carpooling and practicing and competing all the time, and Lilys always left behind. They even cant go to the first big middle school dancethe one that Lilys been excited about for weeksbecause of a tournament. Will she have to go alone? Or miss it entirely? Or . . . is she forming an unexpected brand-new friendship of her own, thanks to popular girl Sienna?

Will tends to keep to himself. After all, his life is already out there for anyone to hear about, thanks to his dads super-popular parenting podcast,Dr. Dad. He doesnt really want to have to talk more about that time he wet the bed when he was small, or any of the other embarrassing stories his dad likes sharing with the whole world. Hed rather focus on becoming a better climber, after school at Philly Rocks. But his path keeps crossing with Lilys, and his nosy former best friend, Sienna, takes notice. And then Wills dad finally crosses a line that Wills not sure he can forgive.

Between disastrous sleepovers, vicious rumors, secret crushes, old and new friends, and parents who just dont get it, how does anyone make it through the tumult of seventh grade? Told from dual perspectives,Listen to Thiscaptures two weeks that just might change everything for Lily and Will, with Jennifer Blecher’s signature pitch-perfect dialogue and nuanced understanding of the emotional rollercoaster that is being a tween.