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It All Begins with Jelly Beans

by Nova Weetman

Summary

Meg spends her days hoping no one thinks too hard about why she wears the same t-shirt and slippers to school every day. Luckily, the nurse’s office provides a welcome escape from classmates who don’t understand…and snacks when food runs out at home. Riley knows fitting in at her new school would be a lot easier if her friends were more understanding of her type 1 diabetes. So she keeps her testing under wraps…and an emergency bag of jellybeans on hand. When Meg and Riley end up together in the nurse’s office one day, both girls think they’ve worked each other out, but what if they’ve got it all wrong? On the brink of moving on to junior high, Riley and Meg must find the courage to discover who they really want to be. And maybe a bag of shared jellybeans will provide all the help they need.

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Additional Information

Publication Year

2019

Diabetes Type(s)

  • > Type One

Age Group(s)

  • > Middle Grade

Genre(s)

  • > Contemporary

Representation

T1D Main Character

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© 2026 Concieved without a functioning pancreas by Kelsey Geller. Created with a functioning pancreas and ❤️ by Eric Wilhite.