Gr 4–7—Meilan's extended family's recent fracturing causes her, her parents, and her grandfather to move to the
small town of Rosebud. She attempts to adopt different personalities inspired by the other meanings of her name to
adapt to her new environment. This timely middle grade novel about embracing identity regardless of approval and
standing up for oneself is a must-read.

This book is overflowing with heart -- Meilan takes a lot onto herself and feels things very deeply and has a ton of things going on -- leaving her extended family and their bakery in Boston behind to move to Ohio, bad feelings between her family members, bullying and racism in her new town and tornados. All of that, and the larger loss of her grandmother and the ripple effect it has on everyone around her. So much going on, but she finds her way with the help of new friends and family. I love the way she thinks about language and names -- it's a particularly cool feature of the book. ( )