by Barbara Park
First published 2013
Junie B. Jones discovers her top tooth is wiggling. She does not like this development one bit. What if she ends up toothless like Uncle Jess, who only has one tooth left? The situation gets more complicated as Junie B. starts wondering about bigger mysteries. Who exactly are the tooth fairies? What do they actually do with all those fallen teeth they collect? These questions pile up in her mind as bedtime approaches. Soon she will have to place her tooth under her pillow and wait. The whole tooth-losing business brings up fears about growing up and changes she cannot control. Junie B. must work through her worries about looking different and figure out whether losing teeth is something to fear or celebrate.
Genres: fiction, family-life, contemporary
Vibes: emotional-atmospheric, intimate, whimsical
Tropes: coming-of-age, found-family
96 pages · Hardcover · Editorial Brúixola