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Pocketful of Stars, A
Aisha Bushby
Ages: 12+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books/Lerner
ISBN: 978-1-7284-5069-8
Keywords: Mothers and daughters, coma, grief, death and dying, video games, Kuwait, social emotional learning, middle school, friendship
Thirteen-year-old Safiya doesn't see eye-to-eye with her mother, but when her mom falls into a coma, Safiya tries to save her through taking action within dreams of her mother's childhood in Kuwait.