Partly Cloudy

By Tanita S. Davis

A young girl faces school challenges and community tensions, learning the power of tough conversations and unity.

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256 pages

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Madalyn, a young Black girl, navigates a new school where she's the only one of her kind in class. As she deals with microaggressions and her great-uncle's feud with a neighbor, a fire threatens their community. Madalyn must learn that true friendship and being a good neighbor involve facing difficult conversations and standing together. Can she find the strength to weather these storms and discover the blue skies within partly cloudy days?

From the publisher

From award-winning author Tanita S. Davis comes a nuanced exploration of the microaggressions of middle school and a young Black girl named Madalyn who learns that being a good friend means dealing with the blue skies and the rain–and having the tough conversations on days that are partly cloudy. Perfect for fans of A Good Kind of Trouble and From the Desk of Zoe Washington. Lightning couldn’t strike twice, could it? After a terrible year, Madalyn needs clear skies desperately. Moving in with her great-uncle, Papa Lobo, and switching to a new school is just the first step. It’s not all rainbows and sunshine, though. Madalyn discovers she’s the only Black girl in her class, and while most of her classmates are friendly, assumptions lead to some serious storms. Papa Lobo’s long-running feud with neighbor Mrs. Baylor brings wild weather of its own, and Madalyn wonders just how far things will go. But when fire threatens the community, Madalyn discovers that truly being neighborly means more than just staying on your side of the street– it means weathering tough conversations–and finding that together a family can pull through anything. Award-winning author Tanita S. Davis shows us that life isn’t always clear, and that partly cloudy days still contain a bit of blue worth celebrating.

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