G Neri
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IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 10
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For Kalvin Barnes, the only thing that comes close to the rush of playing the knockout game is watching videos of the knockout game. Kalvin's crew always takes videos of their KOs, but Kalvin wants more-something better. He thinks if someone could really see the game for what it was, could appreciate it, could capture the essence of it-that would be a video for all time. The world would have to notice. That's where Erica comes in. She's new in town....
2) Surf Mules
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All Logan wants from the future is sun, good surf, and his friends, but reality looks a lot less pleasant. Maybe just one cross-country run for the local marijuana dealer can change his fortunes.
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* "In a bold but rewarding gambit, Neri imagines the childhood friendship of Harper Lee and Truman Capote, sprinkling in bits of To Kill a Mockingbird and foreshadowing such adult events as their collaborative work on In Cold Blood-yet still making it entirely Neri's own…. The children's symbiotic relationship holds center stage. Neri doesn't shy away from their attributes: Nelle can be a bully and Tru is seen as a "sissy." But their ability to...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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"This sequel [to Tru & Nelle] stands on its own. The writing is gorgeous-not one false stroke. Neri's uneasy peer into a piece of Americana squeezes dribs of hope from precious blood. Totally brilliant. Bravo!" -Rita Williams-Garcia, 3-time Coretta Scott King Award-Winner and Newbery honoree for One Crazy Summer ? "An absorbing story of true friends in troubled times." -Kirkus, starred review "As in Neri's first book about the real-life...