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Magoon, Kekla. THE SEASON OF STYX MALONE New York, NY : Random House Children's Books, [2018] IL 3-6 ISBN 9781524715960 (2 booktalks) |
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Booktalk #1 Brothers Caleb and Bobby Gene Franklin live in Sutton, Indiana, where nothing much ever happens. Caleb has always wanted to visit the city, but his daddy says “no” - it’s safe in Sutton. With the prospect of another boring summer on their hands, Caleb is elated to meet 16-year-old Styx Malone. He is cool, smooth and knows some ways to earn cash and have fun. Styx is just what Caleb is looking for. Will the boys have the time of their lives this summer or will it be as dull as all the others? (Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2020-2021) Booktalk #2 Caleb and Bobby Gene are on summer break and can not wait to have adventures in the woods behind their house. The brothers befriend a new neighbor, Styx Malone, who is 16 and seems so cool. Styx and the brothers hatch a plan, called The Great Escalator Trade. If they succeed by bartering and trading items they can obtain a moped. But as the trades get bigger and more dangerous the brother’s start to question Styx’s motives. This book is all about friendship, adventure, family, trust and even betrayal, but best of all it is laugh out loud funny. (New Jersey Garden State Children's Book Award 2021) |
| SUBJECTS: Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction. African Americans -- Fiction. Families -- Indiana -- Fiction. Foster children -- Fiction. |
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