As brave as you /
Jason Reynolds.
- First edition.
- 410 pages ; 22 cm
- A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book .
"A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book."
"When two brothers decide to prove how brave they are, everything backfires--literally"-- Scooping poop at his grandparent's house - that sure as heck wasn't the way eleven-year-old Genie expected to be spending his summer. But when his parents send him and his big brother, Ernie, to Virginia to experience the great (not!) outdoors, they're in for some big surprises. First, there are chores galore (picking peas, really?). Second, Grandpop just might be completely off his rocker. The man has a big ol' secret - and once Genie learns what it is, all of Grandpop's oddities start to make sense. Like why he locks himself up in a room that's filled with birds. And why he never - not ever, no sir, no how, no way - steps foot outside. On top of that, Grandpop has a crazy idea for how to celebrate Ernie's fourteenth birthday. Actually, to Genie it isn't so crazy, but Ernie thinks it's completely wack. Genie wonders if that's because Ernie isn't brave enough. but is being brave doing something? Or knowing when not to? -- from back cover.
Middle School. 750 Lexile. Ages 10 up.
Coretta Scott King Author Honor, 2017.
9781481415903 1481415905 9781481415910 1481415913
2016007909
Grandparent and child--Juvenile fiction. Brothers--Juvenile fiction. Courage--Juvenile fiction. Blind--Juvenile fiction. Country life--Juvenile fiction. Grandparent and child--Fiction. African Americans--Juvenile fiction. Brothers--Fiction. Courage--Fiction. Blind--Fiction. People with disabilities--Fiction. Grandparents--Fiction. African Americans--Fiction. Country life--Virginia--Fiction. Blind--Fiction. Family life--Fiction. Brothers--Fiction. Courage--Fiction. Grandfathers--Fiction.