A poignant novel in verse in which, after a life-changing accident, one girl finds her way back to her lifes passion. From the Newbery Honor-winning author of Iveliz Explains It All.

All these months of staring at the wall?
All these months of feeling weak?
Its ending
Im going back to fencing.
And then itll be
like nothing ever happened.

No one knows hard work and dedication like Valentina Camacho. And Vales thing is fencing. Shes the top athlete at her fencing gym. Or she was . . . until the accident.

After months away, Vale is finally cleared to fence again, but its much harder than before. Her body doesnt move the way it used to, and worst of all is the new number one: Myrka. When she sweeps Vale aside with her perfect form and easy smile, Vale just cant accept that. But the harder Vale fights to catch up, the more she realizes her injury isnt the only thing holding her back. If she cant leave her accident in the past, then what does she have to look forward to?

In this moving novel from the Newbery Honor-winning author of Iveliz Explains It All, one girl finds her way back to her lifes passion and discovers that the sum of a person’s achievements doesnt amount to the whole of them.