{"product_id":"ellie-engle-saves-herself-isbn-9781368085557","title":"Ellie Engle Saves Herself","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom award-winning YA author Leah Johnson comes her magical middle grade debut: a laugh-until-you-cry, cry-until-you-laugh story about an ordinary girl whose life is turned upside down by some extraordinary powers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Best of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChicago Public Library’s Best of the Best Books of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2023 by School Library Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2024 LGBTQ+ Middle Grade Lambda Literary Award The Bank Street Best Books of the Year List, 2024 (Star for Outstanding Merit) Selected for the ALA Booklist Rainbow List, 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEllie Engle doesn’t stand out. Not at home, where she's alone with her pet fish since her dad moved away and her mom has to work around the clock . Not at the bakery, where she helps out old Mr. Walker on the weekends. And definitely not at school, where her best friend Abby—the coolest, boldest, most talented girl in the world—drags Ellie along on her never-ending quest to “make her mark.” To someone else, a life in the shadows might seem boring, or lonely. But not to Ellie. As long as she has Abby by her side and a comic book in her hand, she’s quite content.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToo bad life didn’t bother checking in with Ellie. Because when a freak earthquake hits her small town, Ellie wakes up with fantastical powers that allow her to bring anything back to life with just her touch. And when a video of her using her powers suddenly goes viral, Ellie’s life goes somewhere she never imagined—or wanted: straight into the spotlight. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSurviving middle school is hard enough. Surviving middle school when paparazzi are camped out on your front lawn and an international pop singer wants you to use your powers on live tv and you might be in love with your best friend but she doesn’t know it? Absolutely impossible.\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eEllie Engle Saves Herself\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*“Joyful and magical.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*“A delightful, magical middle-grade debut . . . Excellently harnesses the anxiety that is prevalent throughout the junior-high years.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*“A warmly rendered, lightly speculative love story about a girl learning to believe that she’s anything but ordinary.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*“Johnson deftly explores identity and responsibility to ourselves and others in this joyful coming-of-age story. Marvelous.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Ellie Engle is a force!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Kwame Mbalia, #\u003ci\u003e1 New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of the Tristan Strong series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Leah Johnson’s middle-grade debut does it all, and more.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Kyle Lukoff, winner of the Newbery Honor Award and the Stonewall Award for \u003ci\u003eToo Bright to See\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A funny, heartfelt reminder that we are all worthy of standing in the sun, rather than hiding in the shadows.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Erin Entrada Kelly, Newbery Medal winner for \u003ci\u003eHello, Universe\u003c\/i\u003e and Newbery Honor winner for \u003ci\u003eWe Dream of Space\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Belongs on middle-grade shelves everywhere.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Kacen Callender, National Book Award, Lambda Literary Award, and\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCoretta Scott King Honor–winning author of\u003ci\u003e King and the Dragonflies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A sheer delight from beginning to end!” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Julie Murphy, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eDumplin’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeah Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e always wanted to be a superhero, but she became a writer instead, which she thinks is the next-best thing. Her best-selling debut novel, \u003ci\u003eYou Should See Me in a Crown\u003c\/i\u003e, was a Stonewall Honor Book, the inaugural Reese’s Book Club YA Pick, and named one of \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e’s 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time. Leah lives in Indianapolis, where she writes books about Black girls with big hearts, plays fetch with the best dog in the world, and talks about Miles Morales to anyone who will listen. \u003ci\u003eEllie Engle Saves Herself\u003c\/i\u003e is her middle grade debut. 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