I Funny: A Middle School Story by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein Jamie Grimm is a wheelchair-bound middle schooler who wants to be a standup comedian. He loves to tell jokes, and even though he’s in a new town at a new school with new bullies, he still doesn’t lose his sense of humor. He joins a “Funniest Kid” contest and gets an act together, but will he freeze when he’s actually in the spotlight? The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez Twelve-year-old María Luisa O’Neill- Morales, who really prefers to be called Malú, reluctantly moves with her Mexican American mother to Chicago and starts seventh grade with a bang, violating the dress code with her punk rock aesthetic. When she assembles a group of like- minded misfits at school and starts a band, Malú finally begins to feel at home. Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, A Life in Balance by Simone Biles, co-authored by Michelle Burford In this autobiography, Simone takes readers through the events, challenges, and trials that carried her from an early childhood in foster care to a coveted spot on the 2016 Olympic team.
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