How to Play:
Read 4 books (your choice!) that match the descriptions in the cube.
Turn in your CUBE to your English teacher by the second class of the school year.
Strategy:
Complete a row, column, or diagonal line, or read one in each of the corners to win!
Rules:
All four books or texts must be different.
All four books or texts should be new to you.
Shot Clock by Caron Butler and Justin A. Reynolds
When the police officer who killed his best friend, a hoops phenom, is back on the job, Tony, the statistician for the AAU basketball team, must deal with his own grief and help his community heal while leading his team to victory.
Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart
A transgender girl and a boy struggling with bipolar disorder forge a friendship based on their respective experiences as outsiders trying to fit in.
Big Rig by Louise Hawes
When her truck driver father talks about putting down roots, 11-year-old Hazmat, who loves life on the road in the navigator's seat by his side, hatches a plan to make sure his dream doesn't become a reality.
The Odyssey (2010); The Iliad (2019) adapted by Gareth Hinds
Award-winning graphic novel interpretations of the famous Greek epics. (Graphic Novel; Yes, this can count for poetry!)
Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl by Julie Kagawa
When a magical guardian uses him as a conduit to awaken its power, Shinji Takahashi must turn to the esteemed Society of Explorers and Adventurers for help to elude the Hightower Corporation, which wants the magic for their own nefarious purposes, before it's too late
The Science of Breakable Things by Tae Keller
Middle schooler Natalie's year-long assignment to answer a question using the scientific process leads to truths about her mother's depression and her own cultural identity.
The Stars Did Wander Darkling by Colin Maloy
In a sleepy seaside town in 1980s Oregon, Archie Coomes and his friends are convinced that an unknown evil has been unleashed on the town after his dad's construction company opens the cliff beneath the old Langdon place--widely believed to be haunted--and the adults in town begin to act strangely.
Tumble by Celia Reyes
While trying to make a life-changing decision, 12-year-old Adela Ramirez searches for her birth father, which leads her to the legendary Bravos, professional wrestlers who teach her what it really means to be part of a family.
Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith
In a high school gym full of color and song, people dance, sell beadwork and books, and celebrate friendship and heritage. Young protagonists will meet relatives from far away, mysterious strangers, and sometimes one another (plus one scrappy rez dog). They are the heroes of their own stories.
The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat
Joining an expedition to chart the southern seas, 12-year-old mapmaker's assistant Sai, posing as a well-bred young lady with a glittering future, realizes she's not the only one on board harboring secrets when she discovers the ship's true destination.
