num_pages: 288
description: A feel-good middle grade debut with just a hint of magic about a girl who has a rare disorder that makes the words other people say about her appear on her body.Ever since she was a baby the words people use to describe Elyse have instantly appeared on her arms and legs. At first it was just cute and adorable but as she's gotten older and kids have gotten meaner words like loser and pathetic appear and those words bubble up and itch. And then there are words like interesting which she's not really sure how to feel about. Now at age twelve she's starting middle school and just when her friends who used to accept and protect her are drifting away she receives an anonymous note saying I know who you are and I know what you're dealing with. I want to help. As Elyse works to solve the mystery of who is sending her these notes she also finds new ways to accept who she is and to become her best self.
language: English
title: Sticks & Stones
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)