Informationen zum Autor Megan E. Bryant Klappentext From prolific author Megan E. Bryant comes the first book in a young middle-grade series about nine-year-old Abby, a girl trying to grapple with all the chaos that can come from growing up. For nine-year-old Abby McAdams, everything seems to be changing. Her cousin and best friend, Zoe, has moved across the country, her mom is going back to work, and Abby is stuck in the only after-school activity still available--running--which she absolutely loathes. Her perspective on the world is changing, too, after an encounter in her community sheds light on the issue of homelessness in her town. On top of everything, sudden changes in Abby's body mean she has to deal with things like deodorant, bras, and uncomfortable conversations. And without her best friend by her side, she's not sure she can handle it all. She's not a grown-up yet, but she definitely doesn't feel like a little kid anymore. She's Abby, in between. Leseprobe Chapter 1 At Zoe's house there weren't a lot of rules, except bigger is better, and brighter is best. So when Zoe invited me over to decorate cupcakes, I knew it was going to be incredible. Beyond incredible, evenastounding. There were, like, a hundred vanilla-and-strawberry-swirl cupcakes. And the toppings? You would not believe. Sprinkles, all mixed up in a rainbow jumble. Sparkly sugar in every color. Tiny, shiny gold stars. Candy confetti. Shimmery sugar pearls. A bowl of rock candy glinting like jewels. And there were bags of frosting and a bunch of pointed metal tips for piping flowers and leaves and squiggles. Zoe looked up from a piece of waxed paper covered with frosting doodles. Abby! Check it out, she said. I've been practicing. Cool, I replied. Zoe is my cousin and my best friend forever, and not necessarily in that order. She's awesome in all the best ways: smart and fun and silly and nice. Together, we are A to Z and everything in between. How do you use this thing, anyway? I asked, grabbing a pastry bag filled with sky--blue frosting. I tried holding it like a pencil. Drawing is my thing; it's what I do better than anything else, but I could tell right away that the pastry bag was not going to work like one of my art supplies. Here, I'll show you, Zoe said, sounding important. Teaching me stuff was probably her thingafter gymnastics and mythology and bakingand I didn't mind one bit. She was only a year older than me, but somehow Zoe knew way more about almost everything. Take decorating cupcakes. From leaves to rose petals to swirly whirls, Zoe's designs were just right, and after a little practice, mine weren't too bad. We decorated every single one of those cupcakes with loopy swoops of buttercream frosting and then covered them in sparkly, sugary toppings. Zoe got one of those secret-y smiles on her facethe kind that made me sit up a little straighter, knowing she was about to do something surprising. Check this out, she said as she dabbed a dollop of frosting on each one of her perfectly polished fingernails. Then she stuck her hands into the sprinkles! Zoe! I screeched. Shhh! She shushed me. Then she held up her hands. The sprinkles had stuck to the frosting on her nails like a confetti manicure. Ta-da! Zoe announced, wiggling her fingers at me. A couple sprinkles fell off and bounced around the tablecloth, but Zoe didn't care. Wow, I said, impressed like always. Zoe popped her index finger into her mouth. Yum, she said. Your turn! I picked up the bag and squeezed some of the frosting onto my nails. It wasn't as easy as Zoe made it look, but she cheered me on until I had a sprinkles manicure, too. By the end of it, we were laughing so hard that sprinkles were sproinging everywhere, and I just knew we'd have to ...

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Megan E. Bryant (she/her) has written many books for children, including several Strawberry Shortcake titles, as well as the Penguin Young Reader Shape Spotters. She graduated from New York University with a degree in Dramatic Literature, and worked as a children’s book editor for five years. She lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with her family.

Klappentext

From prolific author Megan E. Bryant comes the first book in a young middle-grade series about nine-year-old Abby, a girl trying to grapple with all the chaos that can come from growing up.

For nine-year-old Abby McAdams, everything seems to be changing.

Her cousin and best friend, Zoe, has moved across the country, her mom is going back to work, and Abby is stuck in the only after-school activity still available--running--which she absolutely loathes. Her perspective on the world is changing, too, after an encounter in her community sheds light on the issue of homelessness in her town. On top of everything, sudden changes in Abby's body mean she has to deal with things like deodorant, bras, and uncomfortable conversations. And without her best friend by her side, she's not sure she can handle it all.

She's not a grown-up yet, but she definitely doesn't feel like a little kid anymore. She's Abby, in between.