Cursed
Author: Karol Ruth Silverstein
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing, Chasbridge Teen
Language(s): English
Synopsis:
An
#ownvoices contemporary/realistic YA debut. and winner of the 2020
Schneider Family Book Award for the teen category. 14 year Erica "Ricky"
Bloom, is newly diagnosed with a painful chronic illness and seriously
pissed off about it. Her body hurts constantly, her family’s a mess and
the boy she’s crushing on seems completely clueless. The best coping
mechanisms she can come up with are cursing and cutting school. But when
her truancy is discovered she must struggle to catch up in school to
avoid a far worse horror: repeating ninth grade.
