Brave
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Chapter Book · Graphic novel · Ages 10–13 · 2017 · Est. 2 hour read

Brave

By Svetlana Chmakova

Book #2 in the Berrybrook Middle School series

Middle school challenges push Jensen to find real-life courage beyond his heroic daydreams.

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248 pages· 12,700 words· Est. 2 hour read
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Jensen dreams of heroics, but middle school is a tougher battlefield. Struggling with math, friendships, and always being picked last, his world shifts when he's pulled into the school newspaper's chaos. As pressures mount, Jensen must decide if his daydreams can guide him or if he needs real solutions. Can he find his own way to be brave amidst the drama of Berrybrook Middle School?

From the publisher

In his daydreams, Jensen is the biggest hero that ever was, saving the world and his friends on a daily basis. But his middle school reality is VERY different–math is hard, getting along with friends is hard…Even finding a partner for the class project is a huge problem when you always get picked last. And the pressure’s on even more once the school newspaper’s dynamic duo, Jenny and Akilah, draw Jensen into the whirlwind of school news, social-experiment projects, and behind-the-scenes club drama. Jensen has always played the middle school game one level at a time, but suddenly, someone’s cranked up the difficulty setting. Will those daring daydreams of his finally work in his favor, or will he have to find real solutions to his real-life problems? The charming world of Berrybrook Middle School gets a little bigger in this highly anticipated follow-up to Svetlana Chmakova’s award-winning Awkward with a story about a boy who learns his own way of being brave!

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Format
Pages
248
Words
12,700
Reading age
10–13
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
GN360L
Themes & topics
Books about bullyingBooks about schoolBooks about social themesBooks about clubsBooks about middle school
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~2.6
F&P level
~K
Publication
Published
May 23, 2017
Publisher
Jy
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book · Graphic novel
Identifiers
ISBN
9780316363181

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