Finally Heard
Finally Heard
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes the sequel to Finally Seen in which Lina gets a phone and tries to navigate social media, only to discover not everything online is what it seems.
When ten-year-old Lina Gao sees her mom’s video on social media take off, she’s captivated by the potential to be seen and heard! Maybe online she can finally find the confidence she craves. Whereas in real life she’s growing so fast, she feels like microwave popcorn, bursting out of her skin!
With the help of her two best friends, Carla and Finn, and her little sister, Millie, Lina sets off to go viral. Except there’s a lot more to social media than Lina ever imagined, like:
1. Seeing inside her classmates’ lives! Is she really the only person on the planet who doesn’t have a walk-in closet?
2. Group chats! Disappearing videos! What is everyone talking about in the secret chats? And how can she join?
3. A bazillion stories about what to eat, wear, and put on her face. Could they all be telling the truth? Everyone sounds so sure of what they’re saying!
As Lina descends deeper and deeper into social media, it will take all her strength to break free from the likes and find the courage to be her authentic self in this fast-paced world.
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Kelly Yang is the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk (winner of the 2019 Asian Pacific American Award for Children’s Literature), Parachutes, Three Keys, Room to Dream, New from Here, Finally Seen, and Finally Heard.Front Desk also won the Parents’ Choice Gold Medal, was the 2019 Global Read Aloud, and has earned numerous other honors including being named a best book of the year by Amazon, The Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and NPR. Learn more at KellyYang.com.
Product details
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Publication
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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Author
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Language
English
Lexile:
8 - 12 years (Grade 3-7)
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Pages
352
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ISBN-13
9781665947930
This book is a wonderful explanation on social media-only more interesting in a story and written by the New York bestselling author, Kelly Yang! Mrs. Carter as a nice teacher, Lao Lao as a funny and beautiful influencer, and Lina's friends, too! This is a story full of hope and love!
“I want a world in which we’re kind to each other online, all the time.”
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Welcome back to ten-year-old Lina Gao’s world from Finally Seen where we now find Lina exploring the world of social media after her mom starts using it to promote their bath bomb business. When her mom and sister’s videos both go viral, Lina decides she wants in on the fun too, despite her recent insecurities about her changing body. When Lina’s mom gives her her old cell phone, it opens Lina to a whole new world of social media, FOMO and cyberbullying she didn’t know existed. As she dives deeper into her social media addiction, it starts to bleed into her personal and school life too.
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I’m so glad I read this MG book during #antibullyingweek and #bullypreventionmonth because oh my goodness. Kelly hit the nail on the head with this one. Lina is an older elementary school student, but so many of the behaviors she experienced, my middle schoolers go through too. They need to see the repercussions of this now rather than later when it’s already turned into an addiction because it is one if students are given free rein to be on any site they want to. Kelly gives great advice from her characters, as well as sources in the back with startling statistics. This novel also explores themes of puberty, friendship, trust, classism and crushes in true Kelly Yang fashion. What an amazing title unlike any I’ve read before for middle grade students. This title releases February 27! Preorder it now!
CW: cyberbullying, bullying, disordered eating, body image issues, misinformation, anxiety, catfishing