Fruitcake Spanish and Polar Bear

and Polar Bear

and of how families connect and love across distance

It's not a rug--it's the ocean

An inside back cover pocket expands to hold notes

(But Ballet Cat cooperates better

Fruitcake Spanish and Polar BearA pitch perfect middle grade graphic memoir about crushes, coming out, and finding the courage to be yourself. Eighth grade isn't off to a great start. Everyone but Rex seems to be coupling up, and he's starting to feel like an outsider until he meets Charlotte. She's fearless, smart, pretty, and she likes him back. But as great as Charlotte is, there's someone Rex can't stop thinking about. Drew is Rex's childhood best friend, so when he kisses Rex,