Dear Libby Illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera

Dear Libby Illustrated by Cozbi A. CabreraHow do we find lasting, trusting, and fulfilling friendships? Is it by being popular? Dazzling others with your genius? Looking for that ultimate BFF? Hiding all your imperfections and trying hard to fit in? Deep and enduring friendships are essential to our psychological and physical well being. Unfortunately, between bullying, social anxiety, peer pressure, and other issues, many teens feel isolated. In Dear Libby, trusted columnist Libby Kiszner

Amy writes

Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers—precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before

The dry plains of Namibia

An eye-opening look into the spaces that inspired him

When Tom can’t find a partner for a book-making assignment and finds Sam’s secret hole behind the children’s reference section

I’ve Seen the Future: Sascha Maurer’s Posters for the 1939 New York World’s Fair

fearsome warriors

“Athena’s cooking is as stylish as she is

There are no unicorns left

” Along the way there are family‑therapy camps

or is he about to learn the hard way

As Irina begins her confession with the help of a purgatorial chorus of grieving Russian ghosts