And what's with the new girl, Tessa, who gives Aaliyah butterflies every time she looks at her? Regardless, she'll be fine. well, with new friends, old flames, nosy school counselors, and teammates who don't trust her yet, the route already feels rough. 9-12 Aaliyah’s life is a messshe was outed to her religious mother last year and her father’s a raging alcoholic. No more losing herself to their expectations.Įxcept. ISBN 9781250834850 10.99 Reviewed from digital galleys R Gr. I watched three episodes and it was tough, because Scott (Josh Peck) just makes the same mistakes. Now senior year is about to start and she is determined to come back faster and wiser. This is a Disney series and the writing is targeted to kids. A Black teenage girl has something to prove in And Other Mistakes, a debut Young Adult coming-of-age novel by Erika Turner about first loves, broken friendships, family tension, and what it means to run toward your future instead of running from y. But once she got outed by a church elder last spring, everything came undone-including Aaliyah.
A teenage girl deals with insecurities, a stressful family life, tension with friends, and being on the cross-country team, in this inspiring YA story about accepting oneself, flaws and all.įor most of her life, Aaliyah's home situation hasn't been great, but she's at least had her childhood best friend and role as a cross-country star to balance it out.
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