The real Riley Mayes
Rachel Elliott (Author, Artist), Balzer + Bray (Publisher), HarperAlley (Imprint)
"Fifth grade is just not Riley's vibe. Everyone else is squaded up - except Riley. Her one friend moved away. All she wants to do is draw, and her grades show it. One thing that makes her happy is her favorite comedian, Joy Powers. Riley loves to watch her old shows and has memorized her best jokes. So when the class is assigned to write letters to people they admire, of course Riley's picking Joy Powers! Things start to look up when a classmate, Cate, offers to help Riley with the letter, and a new kid, Aaron, actually seems to get her weird sense of humor.But when mean girl Whitney spreads a rumor about her, things begin to click into place for Riley. Her curiosity about Aaron's two dads and her celebrity crush on Joy Powers suddenly makes more sense. Full of humor and heart, this is a story about friendship, identity, and embracing all the parts of yourself that make you special" -- Page 4 of cover
Print Book, English, 2022
First edition
Balzer + Bray / Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, NY, 2022