Notice of Public Meeting: Kalamazoo Public Library Board of Trustees | April 29th| 6 pm | Central Library/Van Deusen Room. The packet of information for the meeting can be found on the library’s website

Our website will be offline temporarily for scheduled maintenance beginning at 10pm on Sunday, April 28th.

NOTICE: The Eastwood Branch will be closed on April 29th & 30th for maintenance needs. 

eAudiobook hoopla Instant

A Good Kind of Trouble

Year

2019

Language

ENGLISH

Duration

6h 46m 1s

Publication Information

Balzer + Bray

Summary

Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to do is to follow the rules. (Oh, and she'd also like to make it through seventh grade with her best friendships intact, learn to run track, and have a cute boy see past her giant forehead.) But in junior high, it's like all the rules have changed. Now she's suddenly questioning who her best friends are and some people at school are saying she's not black enough. Wait, what? Shay's sister, Hana, is involved in Black Lives Matter, but Shay doesn't think that's for her. After experiencing a powerful protest, though, Shay decides some rules are worth breaking. She starts wearing an armband to school in support of the Black Lives movement. Soon everyone is taking sides. And she is given an ultimatum. Shay is scared to do the wrong thing (and even more scared to do the right thing), but if she doesn't face her fear, she'll be forever tripping over the next hurdle. Now that's trouble, for real.

Subjects

Share: Facebook Twitter