A CORETTA SCOTT KING HONOR BOOK AND THE WINNER OF THE BOSTON GLOBE HORN BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION Extraordinary friendships .
Five best of the year lists NPR, HornBook, Kirkus Reviews, SLJ, Shelf Awareness Five starred reviews.
Styx has secrets--secrets so big they could ruin everything.
But as the trades get bigger, the brothers soon find themselves in over their heads.
Styx promises the brothers that together, the three of them can pull off the Great Escalator Trade--exchanging one small thing for something better until they achieve their wildest dream.
Styx is sixteen and oozes cool.
Then Caleb and Bobby Gene meet new neighbor Styx Malone.
But Caleb dreams of venturing beyond their ordinary small town.
Caleb Franklin and his big brother Bobby Gene are excited to have adventures in the woods behind their house. and miracles just might happen. . . --Rita Williams-Garcia, Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-Winning author of One Crazy Summer Meet Caleb and Bobby Gene, two brothers embarking on a madcap, heartwarming, one-thing-leads-to-another adventure in which friendships are forged, loyalties are tested . extraordinary storytelling. . .
A CORETTA SCOTT KING HONOR BOOK AND THE WINNER OF THE BOSTON GLOBE HORN BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION Extraordinary friendships
