I am the swarm /

Chewins, Hayley.

I am the swarm / Haley Chewins. - New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2025. - 326 p. ; 22 cm.

"Portrays characters dealing with depression, self-harm, disordered eating, sexual harassment, dysfunctional family dynamics. It refers to attempted suicide and contains graphic descriptions of blood"--Content warnings.

School Library Journal starred, March 2025 Horn Book Starred, May 2025 Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, March 2025 Pub Weekly, December 2024 Kirkus Starred, January 2025

"As far back as anyone can remember, the women of the Strand family have been magical. Their gifts manifest when they each turn fifteen, always in different ways. But Nell Strand knows that her family's magic is a curse. . . . Nell sees the way magic rips her family apart again and again. When Nell's own magic arrives in the form of ladybugs alighting on the keys of her beloved piano, the first thing she feels is joy. . . . But soon enough, the rest come. . . . Worst of all are the wasps. It doesn't matter how deep she buries her rage, the wasps always come"--Provided by publisher.

Young Adult Follett Content Solutions. HL500 Lexile.

9780593623862


Teenage girls--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Juvenile fiction.
Magic--Juvenile fiction.
Insects--Juvenile fiction.
Teenage girls--Fiction.
Family life--Fiction.
Magic--Fiction.
Insects--Fiction.


Novels in verse.

[Fic]