Happy #MiddleGradeMonday ! Let’s be real up front: #FightingWords is a tough book. It is a beautiful, hopeful, important book, but as our ten year old narrator Della repeatedly tells us, there are hard parts in this story. Warnings for discussions of child sexual abuse, substance abuse, and a suicide attempt. This is a middle grade book and it deals with these issues in a sensitive and age appropriate way, but this Monday things are getting a little heavy around here. I loved this book and I’m thrilled to be talking about it, and if you want to join in, we’ll be on @booksofwonder Instagram Live at 1CST/2EST.















