Spin with Me, Ami Polonsky
Spin with Me, Ami Polonsky
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Spin with Me

Author: Ami Polonsky

Narrator: Amanda Dolan

Unabridged: 5 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/16/2021


Synopsis

From the author of the critically acclaimed Gracefully Grayson comes a thoughtful and sensitive middle-grade novel about non-binary identity and first love, Ami Polonsky's Spin with Me.

In this elegant dual narrative, Essie is a thirteen-year-old girl feeling glum about starting a new school after her professor dad takes a temporary teaching position in a different town. She has 110 days here and can't wait for them to end. Then she meets Ollie: delicate, blue eyes, short hair, easy smile. At first, Essie thinks she has a typical crush on a beautiful boy. But as her crush blossoms, she soon realizes that Ollie is not a boy or a girl, but gender non-binary.

Meanwhile, Ollie is experiencing a crush of their own . . . on Essie. As Ollie struggles to balance their passion for queer advocacy with their other interests, they slowly find themselves falling for a girl whose stay is about to come to an end. Can the two unwind their merry-go-round of feelings before it's too late?

About Ami Polonsky

Ami Polonsky is a reading and writing tutor, mother to two young children, and author of Gracefully Grayson, among other things. A former language arts teacher and literacy coach, Ami remains passionate about guiding children towards a love of books and helping create lifetime readers. Ami lives outside of Chicago with her family.


Reviews

This is one of those stories that I think is so important to get into the hands of young readers. Spin with Me features a dual narrative POV that first begins with Essie then later shifts to Ollie. Essie is a thirteen year old who is apprehensive about being the new girl in middle school while her d......more