The Year We Fell From Space

hmm I think I prefer AS King's YA stuff to her middle grade books because she can be weirder there. Still, this is a solid middle-grade book that frankly deals with depression, both of a parent and a child. There's a lot of empathy here for all the characters, and especially some explicit unpacking of “not like other girls” syndrome. Also a good, middle-grade appropriate start on dismantling the patriarchy vis-a-vis things like “boy lunchboxes.”