the Homo Sapiens Agenda meets The Night Circus in this standout debut YA novel

Then they could grab lots of tacos and bring them back

" ―Youth Services Book Review

A 2023 Horn Book Fanfare title • A Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature Best Book of 2023 • A CCBC Choices Best Book of 2023

You Better Be Lightning Children's Books on Marine Life the Homo Sapiens Agenda meets2023 Feathered Quill Book Awards Gold Medal Winner 2022 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) Gold Medal Winner 2022 Over the Rainbow Short List 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards Best Poetry Book Finalist 2021 Bookshop's Indie Press Highlights You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson is a queer, political, and feminist collection guided by self reflection. The poems range from close examination of the deeply personal to the vastness of the world,