Five Things About Ava Andrews

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Call Number: Y Fiction / Dilloway, Margaret, Kids Book / Fiction / General / Dilloway, Margaret
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Westgate Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	Y Fiction / Dilloway, Margaret	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Fiction / General / Dilloway, Margaret	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Fiction / General / Dilloway, Margaret	4-week checkout	On Shelf

Eleven-year-old Ava Andrews has a Technicolor interior with a gray shell. On the inside, she bubbles with ideas and plans. On the outside, everyone except her best friend, Zelia, thinks she doesn’t talk or, worse, is stuck-up. What nobody knows is that Ava has invisible disabilities: anxiety and a heart condition.Ava hopes middle school will be a fresh start, but when Zelia moves across the country and Ava’s Nana Linda pushes her to speak up about social issues, she withdraws further. So Ava is shocked when her writing abilities impress her classmates and they invite her to join their improv group, making up stories onstage. Determined to prove she can control her anxiety, she joins--and discovers a whole new side of herself, and what it means to be on a team. But as Ava’s self-confidence blossoms, her relationship with Zelia strains, and she learns that it isn’t enough just to raise your voice--it’s how and why you use it that matters.

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This is an amazing book and it has a great plot! submitted by MadelineFay on June 10, 2022, 8:02pm For starters, this is an awesome book by an amazing author! This book is very captivating and makes you come back to see what is going to happen next. That said, I should mention that this is one on my favorite genres of novels. It talks about unavoidable unfairness and bullying, two subjects that can be quite relatable. Overall, this is an astonishing book!

amazing submitted by JessicaIJ on July 24, 2023, 4:41pm this book was amazing and it included a lot of things important to me and my life: creativity, theatre, anxiety, and activism. i was teary eyed in the beginning because i related to ava’s struggles with anxiety.