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*A Pernille Ripp Best Book of 2019!**A Mighty Girl Best Book of 2019!**A Hopewell Library Best Book of 2019!**A Lesley Roessing Best Book of 2019!*A touching middle-grade novel about family, friendship, and learning when to let go.Family has always been important to twelve-year-old Maggie: a trapshooter, she is coached by her dad and cheered on by her mom. But her grandmother's recent death leaves a giant hole in Maggie's life, one she begins to fill with an assortment of things: candy wrappers, pieces of tassel from Nana's favorite scarf, milk cartons, sticks . . . all stuffed in cardboard boxes under her bed. Then her parents decide to take in a foster infant. But anxiety over the new baby's departure only worsens Maggie's hoarding, and soon she finds herself taking and taking until she spirals out of control. Ultimately, with some help from family, friends, and experts, Maggie learns that sometimes love means letting go.

A girl deals with friendship, family, and OCD in this classic-feeling, debut middle-grade novel by Elly Swartz.To twelve-year-old Molly Nathans, perfect is:―The number four―The tip of a newly sharpened No. 2 pencil―A crisp white pad of paper―Her neatly aligned glass animal figurinesWhat’snotperfect is Molly’s mother leaving the family to take a faraway job with the promise to return in one year. Molly knows that promises are sometimes broken, so she hatches a plan to bring her mother home: Win the Lakeville Middle School Poetry Slam Contest. The winner is honored at a fancy banquet with white tablecloths. Molly is sure her mother would never miss that. Right…?But as time passes, writing and reciting slam poetry become harder. Actually, everything becomes harder as new habits appear, and counting, cleaning, and organizing are not enough to keep Molly's world from spinning out of control. In this fresh-voiced debut novel, one girl learns there is no such thing as perfect.Praise forFindin