Fight + Flight

Jules Machias, author of Indie Next List Pick Both Can Be True , delivers another inspiring story about how an unexpected friendship transforms the lives of two middle schoolers. Avery Hart lives for the thrill and speed of her dirt bike and the pounding thump of her drum kit. But after she''s diagnosed with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a disease that affects her joints, Avery splits her time between endless physical therapy and worrying that her fun and independence are over for good. Sarah Bell is familiar with worry, too. For months, she''s been having intense panic attacks. No matter how much she pours her anxiety into making art, she can''t seem to get a grip on it, and she''s starting to wonder if she''ll be this way forever. Just as both girls are reaching peak fear about what their futures hold, their present takes a terrifying turn when their school is seemingly attacked by gunmen. Though they later learn it was an active shooter drill, the traumatic experience bonds the girls together in a friendship that will change the way they view their perceived weaknesses--and help them find strength, and more, in each other.

Product details

• Authors: Jules Machias
• Publisher: Quill Tree Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 10
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9780063053946
• ISBN: 978-0-06-305394-6
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Mankind; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Dating & Relationships, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQ+, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / New Experience, JUVENILE FICTION: Disabilities & Special Needs, JUVENILE FICTION: LGBTQ+, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories