Shug was one of the best middle grade novels I have read in a long time. I could not put it down. The story was not anything crazy or magical, but getting a slice-of-life narrative from a seventh grader just put me on the edge of my seat. The narrative felt so high-stakes because at twelve years old, everything IS the end of the world. For Annemarie Wilcox (called “Shug,” short for Sugar), every aspect of life hangs in the balance. One wrong move and her whole world will come crashing down. Her parents are on the verge of splitting up, she is about to start seventh grade, and things are all of a sudden weird between Annemarie and her childhood best friend, Mark. Everyone in school is growing up, falling in love for the first time, and discovering where they fit in.
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