Kalia has been bullied her entire life. Though she has great swag, her classmates bully her simply because of how she looks. She hopes for change when her family moves from Oakland to Paris. Having her own room is exciting, and things are looking up, but will her new classmates be any nicer?

— Simon Traub-Epstein, International Library of Young Authors

From the publisher: “In Donielle McGilberrys debut novel, eleven-year-old Kalia moves to Paris with her mom. She's been a victim of bullying for years at her old school in Oakland, and is dismayed to find that there are even bullies in Paris.”