R. L. Toalson

  • My Brother Oliver

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    A beautiful and unforgettable novel in verse by about a boy struggling with guilt as his family reels from the fallout of his older brother’s extreme depression and tries to hold onto hope.

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    • Author: Toalson, R. L.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 464
    • Publish Date: May 19 2026
    • ISBN10: 1665956305
    • Language: English
  • Love, Sivvy: A Novel Inspired by the Life, Letters, and Diaries of Young Sylvia Plath

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    This intensely relatable historical novel-in-verse follows the young adult years of the exceptionally talented tortured poet, Sylvia Plath, as she casts off the limiting expectations of American women[more below]

    • Author: Toalson, R. L.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 416
    • Publish Date: February 17 2026
    • ISBN10: 0316587133
    • Language: English
  • Something Maybe Magnificent

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    There’s a new man in her mom’s life, and Victoria is determined to get rid of him–no matter what. Both a standalone novel and a follow up to The First Magnificent Summer, this pitch-perfect middle gr[more below]

    • Author: Toalson, R. L.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 416
    • Publish Date: May 28 2024
    • ISBN10: 1665925523
    • Language: English
  • The Unforgettable Leta Lightning Laurel

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    A determined girl athlete deals with food insecurity and a new rivalry challenging her feminist ideals in this upper middle grade coming-of-age story from author of The First Magnificent Summer, R.L. [more below]

    • Author: Toalson, R. L.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 352
    • Publish Date: May 27 2025
    • ISBN10: 1665956275
    • Language: English
  • The Colors of the Rain

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    This historical middle grade novel written in free verse, set against the backdrop of the desegregation battles that took place in Houston, Texas, in 1972, is about a young boy and his family dealing [more below]

    • Author: Toalson, R. L.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 384
    • Publish Date: September 18 2018
    • ISBN10: 1499807171
    • Language: English
  • The First Magnificent Summer

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    Judy Blume meets Barbara Dee in this tender and empowering middle grade novel told in journal entries and poetry about a young writer on the verge of becoming a woman whose summer with her estranged f[more below]

    • Author: Toalson, R. L.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 368
    • Publish Date: May 07 2024
    • ISBN10: 1665925507
    • Language: English
  • The First Magnificent Summer

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    Judy Blume meets Barbara Dee in this tender and empowering middle grade novel told in journal entries and poetry about a young writer on the verge of becoming a woman whose summer with her estranged f[more below]

    • Author: Toalson, R. L.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 352
    • Publish Date: May 30 2023
    • ISBN10: 1665925493
    • Language: English
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