Middle grade fiction about courage
This week I read two books that are SO different from one another and yet both have big theme of courage. The first one is called "Storm Runner" by Jennifer Cervantes. It's part of a series called 'Rick Riordan presents!' that have titles by different authors, including Cervantes, Yoon Ha Lee, and Roshani Chokshi. "Storm Runner" is the first in a series about a boy named Zane who lives with his mom and his mom's brother, Hondo. They also have a dog that Zane is very attached to named Rosie. Their house has a volcano in the backyard where Zane likes to go exploring. Zane has one leg that is shorter than the other, so he gets bullied a lot. Zane's mom has been working hard to get him into a different school, which Zane does not think will help with the bullying. In fact, when he starts the new school, he gets into trouble almost right away. When he gets sent to the principal's office, he's surprised that a very beautiful girl wan...