and suddenly

Nate is definitely NOT messing around

Against impossible odds

A celebration of all the things that make you extraordinary

There’s always someone in need of a helping hand―or paw

Pardalita Innosanto Nagara and suddenlyMILDRED L. BATCHELDER HONOR WINNER School Library Journal Best of the Year BCCB Best of the Year (Blue Ribbon Selection) A beautiful slice of life story that is This One Summer meets Ursula K. Le Guins Very Far Away from Anywhere Else, told in flashbacks 16 year old Raquel lives in a small town in Portugal, the kind of place where everyone knows everyone elses business. Her parents are divorced and shes just been suspended for cursing out a school