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The Season of Styx Malone
"Extraordinary friendships . . . extraordinary storytelling." --Rita Williams-Garcia, Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-Winning author of One Crazy Summer
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.
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!
Book Details
- Publisher: Random House Children's Books
- Publish Date: Dec 3rd, 2019
- Pages: 304
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.60in - 5.10in - 0.80in - 0.46lb
- EAN: 9781524715984
- Recommended age: 08-12
- Categories: • Social Themes - Friendship• African American & Black• Family - Siblings
About the Author
More books by Kekla Magoon
What people are saying
the libraries at Sunnyvale ISD - @sunnyvalees @sunnyvaleInt @smslearns @SHS_Sentinel
Let's celebrate Black History Month by highlighting black authors and their books we have available. Kekla Magoon's The Season of Styx Malone & Shadows of Sherwood #RaidersRead #RaidersRise https://t.co/eIT2eDxdD5
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Praise for this book
--Shelf Awareness, starred review
"A summertime romp filled with trouble-making, camaraderie, and substance."--School Library Journal, starred review
"Heartening and hopeful, a love letter to black male youth grasping the desires within them, absorbing the worlds around them, striving to be more otherwise than ordinary. Please share."--Kirkus Review, starred review
"Spending time with Styx, Caleb, and Bobby Gene is an experience no reader will soon forget. "--Horn Book, starred review
"Interweaving themes of risk taking and trust, betrayal and forgiveness, Magoon (How It Went Down) crafts a novel that is genuinely funny, heartbreaking, and uplifting--extraordinary, in fact."--Publishers Weekly, starred review
What people are saying
the libraries at Sunnyvale ISD - @sunnyvalees @sunnyvaleInt @smslearns @SHS_Sentinel
Let's celebrate Black History Month by highlighting black authors and their books we have available. Kekla Magoon's The Season of Styx Malone & Shadows of Sherwood #RaidersRead #RaidersRise https://t.co/eIT2eDxdD5
Online Bookstore. We have a great collection of books, movies, tablets, audiobooks and more. #BlackAuthors #BlackHistory #BlackLiterature
@buyblackauthors: Have you read any of these Black authors? What'd you think? Which ones? The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon, #keklamagoon Hidden Figures by Laura Freeman, #laurafreeman Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson, #monicaclarkrobinson Memphis, Mart https://t.co/hCRWAEtGz1