Leah Johnson

Gr 4–8—Ellie has always been fine getting by as an unremarkable girl. Then a magical earthquake imbues her with
powers, and she finds herself thrust into the strangest of spotlights. This sweet novel uses a superpower plot to
explore eminently relatable coming-of-age topics with humor and heart.

This was a great coming of age story. I love that the author included characters that have had to face many different issues in their short lives; it made it more realistic. I will definitely look for more books written by Leah Johnson in the future. This was an enjoyable and quick read.

Perfectly nice book about competition for Prom Queen in a small town that makes a huge deal about it. Can a girl who doesn't fit the mold (nerdy, black, lesbian) win the crown?

While I enjoyed this I felt like it was all a bit too surface level and I never really felt close or invested in the characters or relationships the way that I wanted to. That said, I'm really glad that books like this exist now because they certainly didn't when I was a teen.

Cute book, characters had good depth for a HS YA book