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Kyra, Just for Today
Sara Zarr
Ages: 12+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-06-304513-2
Keywords: Contemporary Issues-Single parent families, Alcoholism, Support groups, Mothers and daughters, Friendship, Social-Emotional
Kyra, 13, and her mother, a recovering alcoholic with a house cleaning business, are very close. When Kyra suspects her mother is drinking again, she feels life slipping out of control.