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Where You See Yourself
Hardcover
Publisher Price: $19.99
ISBN13: 9781338813838
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: May 2 2023
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.90
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
Awards: Schneider Family Book Award
Minnneapolis author Claire Forrest's debut is a showstopper! Effie Galanos is a funny, smart, and relatable heroine on the precipice of "the rest of her life" - but for Effie, who uses a wheelchair, the rest of her life often takes a lot more detailed planning than it does for her friends. Readers who also use mobility aids or have other disabilities will recognize the frustration and disrespect Effie feels when dealing with thoughtless ableism, and hopefully will share in her verve and empowerment when she advocates for herself. Abled kids who might not have any personal or secondhand experience with a friend like Effie will learn to look at the world through another lens. But most importantly for this coming of age tale, Forrest shines when capturing the parts of high school that most teens experience regardless of (dis)ability: the giddy ache of a crush, the gnawing uncertainty of what will happen to our high school friendships, the embarrassing urge to curl up at home and never grow up, and the fearsome knowledge that the best might really, truly, be yet to come. Where You See Yourself is a simple yet meaningful story with great friendships, an adorable love interest, a loving family, and a heroine learning to navigate the world on her terms. -Annie
A Schneider Family Book Award Honor Book
What does it take to follow your dreams? Where You See Yourself is a relatable, romantic, and necessary story about a girl who has to figure out what--and who--will bring her the happiness she deserves.
By the time Effie Galanos starts her senior year, it feels like she's already been thinking about college applications for an eternity--after all, finding a college that will be the perfect fit and be accessible enough for Effie to navigate in her wheelchair presents a ton of considerations that her friends don't have to worry about.
What Effie hasn't told anyone is that she already knows exactly what school she has her heart set on: a college in NYC with a major in Mass Media & Society that will set her up perfectly for her dream job in digital media. She's never been to New York, but paging through the brochure, she can picture the person she'll be there, far from the Minneapolis neighborhood where she's lived her entire life. When she finds out that Wilder (her longtime crush) is applying there too, it seems like one more sign from the universe that it's the right place for her.
But it turns out that the universe is full of surprises. As Effie navigates her way through a year of admissions visits, senior class traditions, internal and external ableism, and a lot of firsts--and lasts--she starts to learn that sometimes growing up means being open to a world of possibilities you never even dreamed of. And maybe being more than just friends with Wilder is one of those dreams...
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