the Homo Sapiens Agenda meets The Night Circus in this standout debut YA novel

Contributors include editor Rob Costello

With new friends who will do whatever they can to be there for her

Her best friend Drea has been living here with a few classmates Case has never met

This joyful picture-book homage to a day of community and inclusion—and to the joys of anticipation—is also a comprehensive history

You Better Be Lightning Children's Books on Marine Life the Homo Sapiens Agenda meets2023 Feathered Quill Book Awards Gold Medal Winner 2022 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) Gold Medal Winner 2022 Over the Rainbow Short List 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards Best Poetry Book Finalist 2021 Bookshop's Indie Press Highlights You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson is a queer, political, and feminist collection guided by self reflection. The poems range from close examination of the deeply personal to the vastness of the world,