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Fly Back, Agnes
Elizabeth Atkinson
Ages: 12+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books/Lerner
ISBN: 978-1-5415-7820-3
Keywords: Diversity; Identity; LGBTQ+; Divorce; Intersex
Dealing with troubling friendship issues at school and the challenges of recently divorced parents, 12-year-old Agnes creates a new self-identity. Eventually, she must deal with the results of her lies.