A girl tries to hide her quirks at a new school in this middle-grade novel from debut author Ellie Terry.

 

Astronomy-loving Calliope June has Tourette syndrome, so she sometimes makes faces or noises that she doesn't mean to make. When she and her mother move yet again, she tries to hide her TS. But it isn't long before the kids at her new school realize she's different. Only Calliope's neighbor, who is also the popular student body president, sees her as she truly is―an interesting person and a good friend. But is he brave enough to take their friendship public?

 

As Calliope navigates school, she must also face her mother's new relationship and the fact that they might be moving―again―just as she starts to make friends and finally accept her differences.

 

Partially in verse and partially in prose with two intertwined points of view, Ellie Terry's affecting debut will speak to a wide audience about being true to oneself.

一個詩意的故事
透視單親、孤獨與妥瑞兒的內心
真情與和解的告白

克萊歐琵又要搬家了。媽媽每次跟一個男朋友分手，就是她要轉學的時候。

她有妥瑞症，所以有時候會不由自主地做出表情或發出聲音。轉到新的學校後，她努力要隱藏她的妥瑞症。但沒多久，其他學生就發現她異於常人。

只有住在克萊家隔壁的男孩看到她真正的特質，知道她是個有趣的人，熱愛天文，也是個真誠的朋友。那個男孩正是在學校裡人緣很好的學生會主席。可是，他是否有足夠的勇氣公開他們的友誼？

克萊一邊應付校園生活，一邊還必須面對她媽媽的新戀情──這意味著，儘管她才好不容易交到了朋友，而且終於能接受她跟別人的不同，她卻可能又要搬家了。不過這一次，克萊決定要改變些什麼。

作者艾黎‧泰瑞用童詩寫故事，內容觸及了豐富的面向──單親家庭與失親傷痛，同儕排擠與道德勇氣，異性關係與自我認同。這些詩篇輕巧又真實地傳達了青少年人物的心聲。每個孤獨的孩子都能在書中找到療癒心靈的良方。