The Young Chronicle: For Grade 3 February 14th, 2015 | Page 6

YOUNG CHRONICLE

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Books that won the American Library Award:

The Crossover, by Kwame Alexander
The Crossover is a story of two brothers who are stars on and off the
basketball court. They love their dad, who is a former basketball
player. But then something happens and the bond in the family begins
to break down. How can they get back together? It’s about love,
family, friendship, and realizing that on the court of life, your family
is the most important thing.

The Adventures of Beekle,
by Dan Santat:
The story is a metaphor for the
birth of my son. As a fatherto-be, you have these thoughts
in your mind like what is my
child going to be like when he
grows up? Will he be a happy kid? That goes hand-in-hand with an
imaginary friend. When he was born, he became real to me. Here was
this person I loved before I even met or imagined him.

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Brown Girl Dreaming, by Jacqueline Woodson
Author Jacqueline Woodson set out to tell her family’s story in the
memoir Brown Girl Dreaming. Woodson won the 2015 Coretta Scott
King Award—given to the author of the best kids’ book about African
Americans. Written in vivid poetry, it tells the story of her brave
mother’s move from South Carolina to New York to raise her children
in a world without segregation.