I won’t feel this way forever

Key Selling Points

• In this follow-up to the acclaimed Weird Rules to Follow, Mia's summer has just begun when her beloved grandmother is sent to the hospital in Vancouver. Mia and her mom and aunties head to the city to be with her, leading to a summer of exploration, family, self discovery and loss.
• This book explores the power of intergenerational relationships and the grief of losing a grandparent, as well as the pain but inevitability of growing beyond certain friendships.
• Kim has once again sensitively captured the perspective of tween Mia and gives us a meaningful next step in her journey, as she experiences this coming-of-age summer, listening to and learning from the family around her, and discovering her own strength and the strength of her Indigenous roots.
• As with Weird Rules to Follow, Mia's experiences are loosely based on the author's own life, and that authenticity comes through in the characters, relationships and story vignettes.
• Kim Spencer's debut middle-grade novel Weird Rules to Follow won the 2023 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, the 2023 Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction, the 2023 Jean Little First Novel Award, the 2023 IODE Violet Downey Book Award and the 2024 Pacific Northwest Book Award. She also has a picture book, Springtime in Kitkatla, coming out with Orca in Winter 2026.