Hello - Universe

Kaori Tanaka is a self-proclaimed psychic, whose little sister, Gen, is always following her around.

The acclaimed and award-winning author of Blackbird Fly and The Land of Forgotten Girls writes with an authentic, humorous, and irresistible tween voice that will appeal to fans of Thanhha Lai and Rita Williams-Garcia.

Yoto Says: When their friend Virgil is trapped at the bottom of a well, Kaori, Gen, and Valencia go on an epic quest to find him.

In one day, four lives weave together in unexpected ways.

Valencia Somerset, who is deaf, is smart, brave, and secretly lonely, and she loves everything about nature.

This disaster leads Kaori, Gen, and Valencia on an epic quest to find missing Virgil.

Through luck, smarts, bravery, and a little help from the universe, a rescue is performed, a bully is put in his place, and friendship blooms.

Virgil Salinas is shy and kindhearted and feels out of place in his crazy-about-sports family.

And Chet Bullens wishes the weird kids would just stop being so different so he can concentrate on basketball.

They aren’t friends, at least not until Chet pulls a prank that traps Virgil and his pet guinea pig at the bottom of a well.

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