Author
Nina LaCour
3 books here
Hold Still
Young adult · ages 14–18 · 800L · 2009
Quietly devastating grief novel where friendship rupture and suicide aftermath are the real work — LaCour doesn't look away, and the photography thread makes loss feel tangible rather than sentimental.
Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle
Picture book · ages 4–8 · 350L · 2022
A gentle, affirming mirror for kids in two-mother households that normalizes their family structure without being preachy.
We Are Okay
Young adult · ages 14–18 · 780L · 2019
A rare grief novel that doesn't sentimentalize or resolve too neatly — quiet, precise prose that lets silence speak, and a teenage protagonist who learns to stop performing okayness.