"Anyone who has ever had trouble feeling brave will be empowered by
Marisol."--NBC News
"Lively, realistic, and emotionally honest."--The Horn Book
(starred review)
"Engaging."--Booklist
**Everyone loves sports . . . except Marisol! The stand-alone companion
to Newbery Medal winner and New York Times-bestselling Erin Entrada
Kelly's Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey is an irresistible and humorous
story about friendship, family, and fitting in. Fans of Clementine,
Billy Miller Makes a Wish, and Ramona the Pest will find a new friend
in Marisol.
Marisol Rainey's two least-favorite things are radishes and gym class.
She avoids radishes with very little trouble, but gym is another
story--especially when Coach Decker announces that they will be learning
to play kickball.
There are so many things that can go wrong in kickball. What if Marisol
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.
Told in short chapters with illustrations by the author on almost every
page, Erin Entrada Kelly's stand-alone companion novel to Maybe Maybe
Marisol Rainey celebrates the small but mighty Marisol, the joys of
friendship, the power of being different, and the triumph of
persevering. Surely Surely Marisol Rainey is ideal for readers of
Kevin Henkes, Meg Medina, Judy Blume, and Beverly Cleary.
