More Sunshine State Young Reader books
This week I've been trying to finish up reading the new Sunshine State Young reader books. This first one I liked a lot. It's called "Freaky Fast Frankie Joe" by Lutricia Clifton. Frankie Joe lives in a trailer park and has lots of friends, all of whom are retirees. Frankie Joe's mom has made some questionable choices and suddenly, Frankie Joe's dad is there to pick him up and take him to his house. As they are driving, Frankie Joe finds out that his dad has remarried (actually, he never married Frankie Joe's mom) and has four sons there. Frankie Joe finds that some things are better at his dad's house (Lizzie, Frankie Joe's stepmom is a great cook), most of the people are very nice and are willing to pay for Frankie Joe's speedy bicycle skills. But some are not so great, including his oldest half brother. Frankie Joe makes an elaborate plan to run away to get back to his mom. But things change and so does Frankie Joe. It would be gr...