Luv Ya Bunches has received some controversy over its inclusion of same-sex parents, with Scholastic requesting that Myracle remove the couple and some objectionable language before it could be sold at their book fairs.
[3][4] The main characters - Yasaman (meaning "jasmine" in Turkish), Violet, Katie-Rose, and Camilla - are each named after flowers, and all are entering fifth grade.
A frequent target of Modessa’s bullying is the sweet but clumsy Muslim computer genius, Yasaman.
Yasaman’s younger sister Nigar (pronounced nee-GAR) gets bullied due to her name reading similarly to a racist slur.
Her mother suffers from bipolar disorder and has been committed to a psychiatric ward, causing Violet to feel lonely and like an outcast.
Milla loses a bobble-head turtle that she has affectionately named Tally and keeps as a good luck charm.