North of Supernova

When a young girl's world is shaken up by her father's surprise engagement, she takes fate into her own hands with astrology, tarot, and crystals in this irresistible, heartfelt middle grade novel.

Stella has a feeling that her life in Tacoma is about to turn around—just like her Panda Express fortune cookie promised. She’ll finally make friends, and maybe have a little less generalized anxiety about big things, like her absent mom, and small things, like food touching other food on her plate.

Her hopes for a friend-filled, anxiety-free future are quickly overshadowed when her Dad offers up an odd souvenir from his Vegas business trip: his new fiancée, Whitney. A few short weeks later, Stella and her brother find themselves staying in Whitney’s Las Vegas house. But Stella isn't ready to accept her new life in the desert just yet. It's going to take some help from the stars—and her soon-to-be stepsister—to get this wedding called off once and for all.

Lindsey Leavitt is the author of more than a dozen books for kids, tweens, and teens. She is a former elementary school teacher and present-day writer/mom/speaker/party animal. Lindsey lives in a shoe with her many children in the Utah mountains

"North of Supernova is a triumph. Equal parts spirited and spiritual, heartbreaking and hopeful, it presents all the complicated truths about adolescence, blended families, and addiction in a story that middle grade readers will love." —Dan Gemeinhart, author of Junior Library Guild selection Coyote Sunrise

“Stella’s voice is real, sweet, and funny, and underneath the humor there’s a depth of feeling and wisdom that I have only found in the best middle grade stories.” —Yamile Saied Méndez, author of the Pura Belpré Award–winner Furia

“This book is for anyone searching for clues about who they are and where they are headed. In short, this book is for everyone.” —Jennifer Ziegler, author of Worser

“Leavitt handles serious topics with sensitivity, humor, and heart in this touching, realistic novel.” —Jo Knowles, author of Where the Heart Is and Meant to Be

"I loved Stella’s voice from the first chapter of her unpredictable, upended life. Her thoughtful, hopeful, magical adventure felt like a hug for my heart." —Natalie Lloyd, author of Hummingbird

ISBN: 9781250327895