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The Season of Styx Malone

By Kekla Magoon

By Kekla Magoon

By Kekla Magoon

By Kekla Magoon

By Kekla Magoon

By Kekla Magoon

By Kekla Magoon
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By Kekla Magoon
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Dec 03, 2019 | ISBN 9781524715984 | Middle Grade (8-12)

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Oct 16, 2018 | 341 Minutes | Middle Grade (8-12)

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    About The Season of Styx Malone

    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 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!

    About The Season of Styx Malone

    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 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!

    About The Season of Styx Malone

    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 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!

    About The Season of Styx Malone

    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 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!

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    About Kekla Magoon

    Kekla Magoon is the author of many novels and nonfiction books for young readers, including The Season of Styx Malone, The Rock and the River, How It Went Down, and the Robyn Hoodlum Adventure series. She has received the Margaret A. Edwards Award, the… More about Kekla Magoon

    About Kekla Magoon

    Kekla Magoon is the author of many novels and nonfiction books for young readers, including The Season of Styx Malone, The Rock and the River, How It Went Down, and the Robyn Hoodlum Adventure series. She has received the Margaret A. Edwards Award, the… More about Kekla Magoon

    About Kekla Magoon

    Kekla Magoon is the author of many novels and nonfiction books for young readers, including The Season of Styx Malone, The Rock and the River, How It Went Down, and the Robyn Hoodlum Adventure series. She has received the Margaret A. Edwards Award, the… More about Kekla Magoon

    About Kekla Magoon

    Kekla Magoon is the author of many novels and nonfiction books for young readers, including The Season of Styx Malone, The Rock and the River, How It Went Down, and the Robyn Hoodlum Adventure series. She has received the Margaret A. Edwards Award, the… More about Kekla Magoon

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Yearling
    Dec 03, 2019 | 304 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9781524715984

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Hardcover | $16.99
    Published by Wendy Lamb Books
    Oct 16, 2018 | 304 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9781524715953

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Wendy Lamb Books
    Oct 16, 2018 | 304 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9781524715977

    Category: Audiobooks | Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Audiobook Download | $18.00
    Published by Listening Library
    Oct 16, 2018 | 341 Minutes | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780525643463

    Praise

    “Reminiscent of now-classic works by Katherine Paterson, Natalie Babbitt and Lois Lowry, The Season of Styx Malone brings the darkness of fear and trauma into the bright sun of summer days.”
    —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

    Awards

    Maine Student Book Award NOMINEE 2019

    Coretta Scott King Honor AWARD 2018

    Horn Book Award AWARD 2019

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