Agent: Jim McCarthy, Dystel, Goderich & Bourret. From the acclaimed author of Hurricane Season, an unforgettable story about what makes a family, for fans. Though some details are passed over (Joey appears to have sensory sensitivities, but a possible relationship to her emotional dysregulation is never investigated), Melleby ( How to Become a Planet) persuasively, sensitively depicts Joey’s internal turmoil and the effects of the overwhelming emotions on her relationships, in an affecting story of a girl struggling to untangle her place in her family. The Science of Being Angry a book by Nicole Melleby. As part of a group assignment, Joey secretly researches her mothers’ sperm donor to find out if her anger might have biological roots. Carried by their Mama after IVF, fraternal triplet Joey and her identical brothers are not genetically related to their Mom when her science class explores nature versus nurture during a genetics unit, Joey becomes anxious that Mom could possibly “fall out of love” with her, and curious about a possible genetic link to her rage. Her family is kicked out of their apartment after Joey punches a security guard, and the 12-year-old feels isolated at school after pushing her best friend and crush, Layla. After a meltdown at Joey's apartment building leads to her family's eviction, Joey is desperate to figure out why she's so mad. A new unit in science class makes her wonder if the reason is genetics. Does she lose control because of something she inherited from the donor her mothers chose? The Science of Being Angry is a heartwarming story about what makes a family and what makes us who we are from an author whose works are highly praised for their presentation of and insights into the emotional lives of tweens.Impulsive Joey often feels uncontrollably angry, a sensation whose intensity confuses her and causes her to react “with her fists,” straining relationships.
From the acclaimed author of Hurricane Season, an unforgettable story about. But sometimes she loses her temper and lashes out, like the time she threw a soccer ball-hard-at a boy in gym class and bruised his collarbone. Or when jealousy made her push her (former) best friend (and crush), Layla, a little bit too roughly. Read The Science of Being Angry by Nicole Melleby available from Rakuten Kobo. She has two loving moms, a supportive older half brother, and, as a triplet, she's never without company.
From the acclaimed author of Hurricane Season , an unforgettable story about what makes a family, for fans of Hazel's Theory of Evolution and Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World.
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