Hyman, Fracaswell.
MANGO DELIGHT
New York : Sterling Children's Books, 2017
IL 5-8, RL 5.3
ISBN 1454923326

(2 booktalks)

Booktalk #1

Mango and Brooklyn are BFFs. They are on the track team together and Mango always comes in 2nd to Brooklyn. Until one day when Mango actually wins the race. Now a true BFF would be happy for her. But not Brooklyn. She becomes distant and even mean. Mango is confused about this new new side of Brooklyn. When Mango gets tossed from the track team, she finds that there may be other opportunities in middle school. Can she navigate this new territory? New friendships, new interests, and mean girls.

Booktalk #2

Everyone LOVES Queen Bey (aka Beyonce). Mango Delight can even SING like her. But only in front of her family and best friend forever, Brooklyn. But when best friend forever turns into public enemy #1, Mango is set up for a cruel prank. It backfires when she is cast as the star in the upcoming school play. But Mango quickly learns that people are more complicated than they seem and doing the right thing is not always the easy thing. (Prepared by: Jillian Stroud, Lake Carolina Elementary Upper Campus, jill.ringhausen@gmail.com for South Carolina Book Award)