When You're Brave Enough by Rebecca Bendheim Courtney's Picks empty cities of a silently

empty cities of a silently destroyed civilization

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and they’ll both have to confront their pasts if they want a chance at something real

Rebecca may find that there’s more to her hometown—and to Cort—than she’d realized

but they find themselves inexplicably drawn to each other

When You're Brave Enough by Rebecca Bendheim Courtney's Picks empty cities of a silentlyA heartfelt, gorgeously written debut middle grade novel about best friends, first crushes, and coming outperfect for fans of Kyle Lukoff and Jake Maia Arlow. Before she moved from Austin to Rhode Island, everybody knew Lacey as one half of an inseparable duo: Lacey and Grace, best friends since they were toddlers. Grace and her moms were practically family. But at school, being lumped together with overeager, worm obsessed, crushes on everyone Grace