Friday, August 12, 2022

Book Nook: Surely Surely Marisol Rainey

 SURELY SURELY MARISOL RAINEY (Greenwillow Books)—by Newbery Medalist and New York Times bestselling author Erin Entrada Kelly is a humorous story about friendship, family, and fitting in; and it has already been included in roundups from Publisher’s WeeklyHorn Book Magazine, and Hasty Book List, to name a few.  

 

About the book: One of Marisol Rainey’s least favorite things is gym class, so when Coach Decker announces that they will be learning to play kickball, she dreads it, wondering what can go wrong: What if she tries to kick the ball . . . but falls down? What if she tries to catch the ball and gets smacked in the nose? What if she’s the worst kickballer in the history of kickball? Marisol and her best friend Jada decide to get help from the most unlikely—and most annoying—athlete in the world: Marisol’s big brother, Oz. 

 

About the author: 

 

New York Times–bestselling author Erin Entrada Kelly was awarded the Newbery Medal for Hello, Universe and a Newbery Honor for We Dream of Space. She grew up in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and now lives in Delaware. She is a professor of children’s literature in the graduate fiction and publishing programs at Rosemont College, where she earned her MFA, and is on the faculty at Hamline University. Her short fiction has been nominated for the Philippines Free Press Literary Award for Short Fiction and the Pushcart Prize. Erin Entrada Kelly’s debut novel, Blackbird Fly, was a Kirkus Best Book, a School Library Journal Best Book, an ALSC Notable Book, and an Asian/Pacific American Literature Honor Book. She is also the author of The Land of Forgotten Girls, winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature; You Go First, a Spring 2018 Indie Next Pick; Lalani of the Distant Sea, an Indie Next Pick; and Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey which she also illustrated. 

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