King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender / Hardcover or Paperback - NEW BOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL

King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender / Hardcover or Paperback - NEW BOOK MIDDLE SCHOOLCLICK HERE FOR AN AUDIOBOOK COPY BOOK SYNOPSIS A 2021 Coretta Scott King Honor Book Winner of the 2020 National Book Award for Young People's Literature Winner of the 2020 Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy's grief takes him beyond the bayous of his backyard, to learn that there is no right way to be yourself Twelve year old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a

As a tooth fairy

There are even fun ideas to get the rest of the family involved

broken versus whole

and he hopes to soon be the adoptive father to the six magical and so-called dangerous children who live there

A lyrical holiday story about wishes and community and snow--lots and lots of snow

And when joy is quickly followed by disappointment

overcoming adversity

and Carly realizes she may have found the key to her puppy's happiness

park or anywhere

A hands-on journal that's meant to be personalized--drawn in

especially when they get to rent an adorable cottage on a private island on Lake Minnetonka

Raheem's charm transforms into control and manipulation