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Season of Styx Malone
Season of Styx Malone | Kekla Magoon
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A CORETTA SCOTT KING HONOR BOOK AND THE WINNER OF THE BOSTON GLOBE HORN BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION!"Extraordinary friendships . . . extraordinary storytelling." --Rita Williams-Garcia, Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-Winning author of One Crazy SummerMeet Caleb and Bobby Gene, two brothers embarking on a madcap, heartwarming, one-thing-leads-to-another adventure in which friendships are forged, loyalties are tested . . . and miracles just might happen. Caleb Franklin and his big brother Bobby Gene are excited to have adventures in the woods behind their house. But Caleb dreams of venturing beyond their ordinary small town. Then Caleb and Bobby Gene meet new neighbor Styx Malone. Styx is sixteen and oozes cool. Styx promises the brothers that together, the three of them can pull off the Great Escalator Trade--exchanging one small thing for something better until they achieve their wildest dream. But as the trades get bigger, the brothers soon find themselves in over their heads. Styx has secrets--secrets so big they could ruin everything. Five best of the year lists!NPR, HornBook, Kirkus Reviews, SLJ, Shelf Awareness Five starred reviews!
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Season of Styx Malone | Kekla Magoon
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Meet Caleb and Bobby Gene, two brothers embarking on a madcap, heartwarming, one-thing-leads-to-another adventure in which friendships are forged, loyalties are tested . . . and miracles just might happen
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OriginalCyn620 Cool cover! 😎 4y
Eggs @OriginalCyn620 🤗❣️ 4y
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ness
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I‘m mad Kekla Magoon isn‘t Jason Reynolds famous. “The Summer of Styx Malone” is beautiful and funny and heartbreaking. Sullivan Jones kills it as the narrator. Highly recommend this lovely middle grade book!

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swynn
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It's a middle-school book about two brothers who meet The Coolest Kid ever, and hatch a plan to trade their way up from a bag of fireworks to a moped. I loved the characters and the humor, and am looking forward to meeting the author next year at my employer's annual Children's Literature Festival.

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Ashley_Nicoletto
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I feel a special kinda love for middle grade and this was particularly fantastic. ❤️

Book 1 of #summersendreadathon complete. 🙌🏼

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Ashley_Nicoletto
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Iowa weather is a gorgeous thing right now. I laid down for a ten minute nap three hours ago and just woke up. Finally getting into the #summersendreadathon. Hoping to finish up this one!

Louise What a cozy scene! 🐾📚☕️🌿 (edited) 5y
Susannah I love the reflection of the sky on your iPad screen. 5y
Ashley_Nicoletto @Susannah It‘s so gorgeous here today! 5y
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Erinreadsthebooks That‘s quite a nap!!!😴 🙌👏💪💃🏽 5y
Ashley_Nicoletto @Erinreadsthebooks I woke up panicked about what time it was. 🤣🤣 5y
Erinreadsthebooks @Ashley_Nicoletto Lol!! Those kind of naps are good for the soul 😁😃 5y
Ashley_Nicoletto @Erinreadsthebooks I completely agree and Saturday afternoons are the perfect time for them. 5y
Tamra Can you believe how cool the Midwest is right now? In August? Feels like fall. 5y
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Nebklvr
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A pretty good coming-of-age story. The age difference between the boys made such a friendship unlikely, but it was a cute story.

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jesseastin
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My friend, a middle school librarian, recommended this good book. It starts with two brothers who trade their baby sister for a bag of fireworks. The story is told through the eyes of one of the brothers, who hero worships the cool and mysterious Styx Malone, overlooking his obvious lies and questionable morals in his admiration. This is a wonderful book for middle readers, well written, funny and a bit poignant.

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Liberty
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Book 2: I loved this. It‘s charming and funny and heartfelt. 😍😭 #readathon

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DeweysReadathon
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Book 2: I loved this. It‘s charming and funny and heartfelt. 😍😭 - @Liberty #readathon

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abbylibrarian
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#readin2018 I‘ve been so lax about looking back each month on what I‘ve read and I really want to get into it again! I read more than I thought this month, actually!