The season of Styx Malone /
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| Author / Creator: | Magoon, Kekla, author. |
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Imprint: | New York : Wendy Lamb Books, [2018] ©2018 |
| Description: | 297 pages ; 22 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13288390 |
| Summary: | A CORETTA SCOTT KING HONOR BOOK AND THE WINNER OF THE BOSTON GLOBE HORN BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION!<br> <br> "Extraordinary friendships . . . extraordinary storytelling." --Rita Williams-Garcia, Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-Winning author of One Crazy Summer <br> <br> 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. <br> <br> 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.<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> Five best of the year lists! <br> NPR, HornBook, Kirkus Reviews, SLJ, Shelf Awareness <br> <br> Five starred reviews! |
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| Physical Description: | 297 pages ; 22 cm |
| Audience: | 510L Structure indicator: 90 (high) Syntactic indicator: 80 (high) Semantic indicator: 100 (very high) Decoding indicator: 100 (very high) |
| Awards: | A Junior Library Guild selection ALSC Notable Children's Book, 2019 Boston Globe/Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Award, 2019 Coretta Scott King Author Honor, 2019 CSMCL Best Books, 2018 Horn Book Fanfare List, 2018 Kirkus Prize Nominee for Young Readers' Literature, 2018 NPR Best Books, 2018 School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018 |
| ISBN: | 9781524715960 1524715964 9781524715984 1524715980 9781524715953 1524715956 9781524715977 |
