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""Readers who are building their own confidence in the face of generational expectations will celebrate Sarabeth’s persistence and positivity. . . . An uplifting story about grappling with assumptions and helping others embrace your passion."" —Kirkus Reviews

""Readers who are building their own confidence in the face of generational expectations will celebrate Sarabeth’s persistence and positivity. . . . An uplifting story about grappling with assumptions and helping others embrace your passion."" —Kirkus Reviews ""[A] humane story about navigating ill-fitting norms. . . . 'In my day, girls can do anything they want,' Sarabeth declares, and Grandma happily embraces this new reality — a final image finds her in coveralls enjoying lunch at the garage, suggesting that even stalled relationships can be jump-started with understanding."" —Publishers Weekly

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MELANIE FLORENCE is an award-winning writer based in Toronto. She is the author of the picture book Missing Nim m , which won the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, the Forest of Reading Golden Oak Award and was a finalist for the First Nation Communities READ award. Her other picture book, Stolen Words, won the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award, was shortlisted for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, and was given a starred review by Kirkus, who listed it as one of the best picture books of 2017 to give readers strength. NADIA ALAM is a second generation Bangladeshi-Canadian. She is an avid daydreamer and meanderer who draws to capture the world as she sees it. She is the illustrator of The Wishing Machine; Awake, Asleep; Mauntie and Me; and The House Without Lights. She lives in Toronto with her two lovely kids and a dog named Momo.

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