Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs

"Ivy Campbell has always been a good kid...Ivy is 100 percent supportive when her mom decides to be a gestational surrogate, carrying and giving birth to her friends' baby. But when Ivy finds out the surrogacy treatment worked and her mom is pregnant...she's shocked that she's jealous and worried about what others will think...Ivy is determined to prove to herself that she's just as unselfish as she's always believed, and she gets the chance to do that when she receives an anonymous email from someone who needs her help"--
Embarrassed by her feelings of jealousy when her mother successfully volunteers to be a friend’s surrogate, 13-year-old Ivy becomes engrossed in helping an unknown person online, before realizing how far she is distancing herself from the person she wants to be. Simultaneous eBook.
A thoughtful middle-grade novel about caring for others and for yourself&;&;and what it truly means to be kind and vulnerable Thirteen-year-old Ivy Campbell has always been a good kid: She supports her soccer-star brother, bakes with her nana, and puts her friends&; needs before her own. So of course, Ivy is 100 percent supportive when her mom decides to be a gestational surrogate, carrying and giving birth to her friends&; baby. But when Ivy finds out the surrogacy treatment worked and her mom is pregnant&;and has been for weeks&;she&;s shocked that she&;s jealous and worried about what others will think. And most of all, she&;s ashamed that she isn&;t reacting to this news in the right way. The Ivy way. Ivy is determined to prove to herself that she&;s just as unselfish as she&;s always believed, and she gets the chance to do that when she receives an anonymous email from someone who needs her help. But the more Ivy dives into helping this anonymous person, the further she gets from the people she loves&;and from the person who she wants to be.
A thoughtful middle-grade novel about caring for others and for yourself''and what it truly means to be kind and vulnerable Thirteen-year-old Ivy Campbell has always been a good kid: She supports her soccer-star brother, bakes with her nana, and puts her friends' needs before her own. So of course, Ivy is 100 percent supportive when her mom decides to be a gestational surrogate, carrying and giving birth to her friends' baby. But when Ivy finds out the surrogacy treatment worked and her mom is pregnant'and has been for weeks'she's shocked that she's jealous and worried about what others will think. And most of all, she's ashamed that she isn't reacting to this news in the right way. The Ivy way. Ivy is determined to prove to herself that she's just as unselfish as she's always believed, and she gets the chance to do that when she receives an anonymous email from someone who needs her help. But the more Ivy dives into helping this anonymous person, the further she gets from the people she loves'and from the person who she wants to be.