![]() On My Bookshelf: If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo.An Easy Solution for Tracking Late & Revised Assig.Two Sentence Horror Stories: Build Students' Writi.Note: The Literary Maven is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to. If you are interested in purchasing a copy of Lu for yourself, you can find it on Amazon here. If your students are nearing the end of the Track series, Jason Reynolds has plenty of other amazing books for middle school students like As Brave As You and Long Way Down. I appreciated the love between Lu's parents despite their awareness of their flaws.Ĭlassroom application: Like the rest of the Track series, I would recommend Lu for middle school and up. His mother, pregnant with Lu's unexpected baby sister, runs her own business creating art out of fruit and since it is summer, Lu is her number one helper. ![]() His father, also once involved in track, used to sell drugs, but now works trying to help others get clean and turn their lives around. ![]() Lu is albino and waffles between being overly confident as team co-captain and being terrified of Kevin, a boy who used to bully him. I particularly loved the character development of Lu and his parents. ![]()
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