Firefly

Winner of the 2021 Governor General's Literary Award for Young People's Literature - Text Firefly lived in the park across from her mother's home. It was safer there. But after the bad night happens, and her baseball-bat-wielding mother is taken away, social services sends Firefly to live with her Aunt Gayle. She hardly knows Gayle, but discovers that she owns a costume shop. Yes, Firefly might be suffering from PTSD, but she can get used to taking baths, sleeping on a bed again, and wearing as many costumes as she can to school. But where is "home"? What is "family"? Who is Firefly, for that matter ... and which costume is the real one? Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award 2021 | Winner of the Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award 2022 | SYRCA Snow Willow 2023/2024 shortlist | MYRCA Northern Lights 2023 shortlist | Rocky Mountain Book Awards 2023 shortlist | OLA Forest of Reading Red Maple Award 2022 nominee | IODE Violet Downey Award 2022 shortlist Firefly lives in the park across from her mother's home. It's safer there. But after the Bad Night happens and her mother is taken away, Social Services sends Firefly to live with her Aunt Gayle. She hardly knows Gayle, but discovers that she owns a costume shop, The Corseted Lady. Yes, Firefly might get used to taking baths, sleeping on a bed again and wearing as many costumes as she can to school. But where is home? What is family? Who is Firefly, for that matter...and which costume is the real one? « Firefly lived in the park across from her mother's home. It was safer there. But after the bad night happens, and her baseball-bat-wielding mother is taken away, social services sends Firefly to live with her Aunt Gayle. She hardly knows Gayle, but discovers that she owns a costume shop. Yes, Firefly might be suffering from PTSD, but she can get used to taking baths, sleeping on a bed again, and wearing as many costumes as she can to school. But where is "home"? What is "family"? Who is Firefly, for that matter ... and which costume is the real one? »--Quatrième de couverture "Firefly lived in the park across from her mother's home. It was safer there. But after the bad night happens, and her baseball-bat-wielding mother is taken away, social services sends Firefly to live with her Aunt Gayle. She hardly knows Gayle, but discovers that she owns a costume shop. Yes, Firefly might be suffering from PTSD, but she can get used to taking baths, sleeping on a bed again, and wearing as many costumes as she can to school. But where is "home"? What is "family"? Who is Firefly, for that matter ... and which costume is the real one?"-- Provided by publisher