14 and in Love

Wow! What a reading experience! The Blog Barnboksprat (Children's Books Talk)I have a heard time expressing in words how good this book is, and how much it means to many of our students. Katarina, middle school teacherA cozy YA book with a feel-good atmosphere that doesn't shy away from serious topics. BtjEvery morning, Kimmie stands in front of the mirror, desperate to see any evidence that she's actually going to turn into a woman one day. But she's still flat as a board. And that's not her biggest problem. There is a new guy at the athletics practice, Love. He's cute, Kimmie thinks. But it turns out her best friend, Elina, does too. Like that wasn't enough, one day Kimmie receives a message from a family member who has been gone for a very long time. This becomes the starting point for a series of events that make her entire world shake.Hanna Landahl is a Swedish fiction author. She has published eleven books for chlidren, young adults, and adults in Swedish. 14 and in Love is the first of her books to be translated into English.