num_pages: 288
description: A girl channels her grief and pain into love and activism in this heartbreaking heart-mending novel of family friendship and community. Iris tries to act normal at school going through the motions and joking around with her friends. But nothing is normal and sometimes it feels like shell never laugh again. How can she when her dad is dying of a virus thats off-limits to talk about? When she knows that soon all shell have left of her kind loving dad are memories photos and a binder full of the poems they used to exchange? In a sea of rage and grief Iris resolves to speak out against the rampant fear misinformation and prejudice surrounding AIDSand find the pieces of Dad that she never knew before. Along the way Iris might just find new sides to herself. Award-winning author Ami Polonsky has crafted a lyrical tender earth-shattering novel that will stay with you long after youve turned the last page.
language: None
title: World Made of Glass
publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers