Your Turn Marisol Rainey
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Newbery Medal winner Erin Entrada Kelly's alter ego--the effervescent Marisol Rainey--returns in this illustrated school story about overcoming stage fright and taking your turn that is just right for fans of Ramona, Clementine, and Ivy & Bean.
Under normal circumstances, Marisol loves language arts class. Mrs. Ruby is her favorite teacher and always makes her feel special...until the day Mrs. Ruby makes a horrible, terrible, downright dreadful announcement: All the kids have to write their own haiku. As if that's not bad enough, they have to read their haiku in front of the whole class! Marisol would rather swim through a pack of jellyfish than get up in front of the whole class to read anything, much less a haiku.
Maybe she can stay home sick. Maybe she can transfer schools. Maybe she can conjure a spell that makes her disappear.
Or maybe, just maybe, she'll figure out a way to take her turn.
Told in short chapters with illustrations by the author on almost every page, this stand-alone addition to the Maybe Marisol series continues to uplift the small but mighty Marisol. Your Turn Marisol Rainey celebrates the joys of friendship, the triumph of overcoming fears, and the power of believing in yourself.
About this Author
Erin Entrada Kellyis the author of the Newbery Medal-winning novelsHello, UniverseandThe First State of Being,which was also named a finalist for the National Book Award. She received a Newbery Honor for her acclaimed novelWe Dream of Space. Erin Entrada Kelly grew up in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and now lives in Delaware. She teaches in the MFA in writing for children and young adults program at Hamline University. Her short fiction has been nominated for the Philippines Free Press Literary Award for Short Fiction and the Pushcart Prize. Before becoming a children's author, Erin worked as a journalist and magazine editor and received numerous awards for community service journalism, feature writing, and editing from the Louisiana Press Association and the Associated Press.
Erin Entrada Kelly's debut novel,Blackbird Fly, was aKirkusBest Book of the Year, aSchool Library JournalBest Book of the Year, an ALSC Notable Book, and an Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Honor Book. She is also the author ofThe Land of Forgotten Girls, winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature;You Go First, an Indie Next Pick;Lalani of the Distant Sea, an Indie Next Pick;Those Kids from Fawn Creek, named to numerous best-of-the-year lists; and five popular novels for younger readers,Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey,Surely Surely Marisol Rainey,Only Only MarisolRainey,Your Turn Marisol Rainey,andFelix Powell, Boy Dog, which she also illustrated.
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