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Age Range
10 - 12
Genre
graphic novel
Copyright Year
2023-09-19
Page Count
248
Publisher
Hippo Park
Grade Level
5th - 6th
ISBN
9781662640544
Lexile
HL430
Themes
coming of age

Cross My Heart and Never Lie

Written by Nora Dåsnes

Tuva is starting seventh grade, and her checklist of goals includes: writing out a diary, getting a trendy look, building the best fort in the woods with her BFFs, and much more. But when she starts school, nothing is how she hoped it would be.

Seventh grade has split her friends into rival factions: TEAM LINNEA and the girls who fall in love and TEAM BAO and the girls who NEVER fall in love. Linnea has a BOYFRIEND, Bao hates everything related to love. Worst of all, Linnea and Bao expect Tuva to choose a side!

In this delighfully hand-lettered coming-of-age graphic diary, Tuva gets caught between feeling like a kid and wanting to know HOW to become a teenager. Then Miriam shows up and suddenly Tuva feels as if she’s met her soulmate. Can you fall in love with a girl, keep it from your friends, and survive? For Tuva, it may be possible, but it's defintely not easy.

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Age Range
10 - 12
Genre
graphic novel
Copyright Year
2023-09-19
Page Count
248
Publisher
Hippo Park
Grade Level
5th - 6th
ISBN
9781662640544
Lexile
HL430
Themes
coming of age
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