Please Pay Attention (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781665956079)

A girl with cerebral palsy navigates loss, grief, and the aftermath of trauma following a school shooting in a world that wasn't built for her in this deeply affecting novel in verse from Jamie Sumner, the acclaimed author of Roll with It.

There is a Before and an After for eighth grader Bea Coughlin. Before the shooting at her school that took the lives of her classmates and teacher and After, when she must figure out how to grieve, live, and keep rolling forward. But as her community rallies in a tidal wave of marches and speeches and protests, Bea can't get past the helplessness she felt in her wheelchair as others around her took cover.

Through the help of therapeutic horseback riding, Bea finally begins to feel like herself again. And as she heals, she finds her voice and the bravery to demand change.

Author: Jamie Sumner
ISBN-10: 1665956070
ISBN-13: 9781665956079
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 04/15/2025
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Size: 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.63d