Your search returned 5 results in the Theme: alternating narrative/.
A powerful novel about friendship, basketball, and one teen's mission to create a better life for his family in the tradition of Jason Reynolds and... [Read More]
A powerful novel about friendship, basketball, and one teen's mission to create a better life for his family in the tradition of Jason Reynolds and Walter Dean Myers, from National Book Award Finalist Randy Ribay. "Belongs on the shelf alongside contemporary heavy-hitters like Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give, Brendan Kiely and Jason Reynolds's All-American Boys, and Nic Stone's Dear Martin." --School Library Journal, starred review Bunny and Nasir have been best friends forever, but when Bunny accepts an athletic scholarship across town, Nasir feels betrayed. While Bunny tries to fit in with his new, privileged peers, Nasir spends more time with his cousin, Wallace, who is being evicted. Nasir can't help but wonder why the neighborhood is falling over itself to help Bunny when Wallace is in trouble. When Wallace makes a bet against Bunny, Nasir is faced with an impossible decision--maybe a dangerous one. Told from alternating perspectives, After the Shot Drops is a heart-pounding story about the responsibilities of great talent and the importance of compassion.
Theme: Sports - Basketball, Friendship, BIPOC , Alternating narrative/
Cody, neglected and abused at home, is found facedown in the laneway behind popular girl Autumn's house. Though she wouldn't say that they were... [Read More]
Cody, neglected and abused at home, is found facedown in the laneway behind popular girl Autumn's house. Though she wouldn't say that they were friends at school, she decides to let him hide in her father's art studio at night. Over the next couple of days of Autumn sneaking Cody food and bandages, his story comes out. And so does hers.
Theme: Alternating narrative/, Friendship
Amy’s father had always said she was a special child. And Amy thought so, too. After all, only really special people live in castles.... [Read More]
Amy’s father had always said she was a special child. And Amy thought so, too. After all, only really special people live in castles. Suri’s mother reckons there are worse things in life than living in a castle. But Suri and her brothers, Bear and Erik, disagree. The castle is located in the dull flatlands, which will take some adjusting. It's also managed by their mother’s boyfriend, who’ll be living there with them. The fact that he has a daughter doesn’t make things any easier, because Amy’s pretty special. Amy can barely contain her excitement at the prospect of being part of a blended family. She's thrilled to have siblings. But bringing two families with two different backgrounds together can be difficult, and as tension grows within the stone walls of their new home, it's starting to look like Amy's wish of having a big family might not come true. Bestselling author Monika Feth’s story is told from the alternating perspectives of Amy, a girl with Down syndrome, and her stepsister-to-be, Suri.
Theme: Down Syndrome, Blended family, Alternating narrative/
“A romp of a read!” —Rebecca Balcárcel, Pura Belpré Honor–winning author of The Other Half of Happy When new... [Read More]
“A romp of a read!” —Rebecca Balcárcel, Pura Belpré Honor–winning author of The Other Half of Happy When new classmates Mattie and Mercedes meet and realize they have the same Colombian dad, the two team up in a Parent Trap–inspired misadventure to meet him for the first time in this sharp and poignant middle grade novel about the bonds that make a family. Mattie Gomez feels directionless after being uprooted from her beloved Minnesota and forced to move in with her new stepfamily in California. So when she meets a girl at her new middle school who looks exactly like her, she’s not sure what to make of it. But her doppelganger, the popular Mercedes Miller, doesn’t like it one bit. Mercedes is used to getting what she wants, when she wants; Mattie would rather be invisible and blend into the background. Mercedes lives in a big empty house with her nanny; Mattie’s new home is packed-to-the-gills, twenty-four/seven chaos. Mercedes has a short fuse; Mattie is a planner. Though they may look alike, the two of them couldn’t be more different. Soon enough, however, Mattie and Mercedes learn that they have at least one thing in common: a dad from Colombia that neither of them has ever met. Determined to meet the father they’ve never known, these polar opposites suddenly have to work together to fake sleepovers, evade their friends, and plot daring escapes from school field trips in an effort to track down him down. If only they could stop bickering long enough to get the show on the road.
Theme: Bi-Racial, Alternating narrative/, Hispanic
* FORMERLY PUBLISHED AS AUTUMN BIRD & THE RUNAWAY * Two kids from two different worlds form an unexpected friendship in this lens into the... [Read More]
* FORMERLY PUBLISHED AS AUTUMN BIRD & THE RUNAWAY * Two kids from two different worlds form an unexpected friendship in this lens into the interworking of empathy. Cody's home life is a messy, too-often terrifying story of neglect and abuse. Cody himself is a smart kid, a survivor with a great sense of humor that helps him see past his circumstances and begin to try to get himself out. Autumn is a wealthy girl from an indigenous family, who has found herself in with the popular crowd even though it's hard for her to want to keep up. But one night, while returning home from a movie, Autumn comes across Cody, face down in the laneway behind her house. All Cody knows is that he can't take another encounter with his father like the one he just narrowly escaped. He can't go home. But he doesn't have anywhere else to go. When Autumn agrees to let him hide out in her dad's art studio, Cody's story begins to come out, and so does hers.
Theme: Friendship, Abuse, Alternating narrative/