# Swing

**Author:** Audrey Meeker
**Grade range:** Grades 6–8
**Page count:** 258
**Genre:** Juvenile Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9781250406262`
**ISBN-10:** `1250406269`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/swing
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Debut author/illustrator Audrey Meeker playfully explores complicated friendships, gender norms, and navigating other people's expectations in this charming middle grade graphic novel. Marcus McCalister wants to fit in. So much so that he’s still playing on a soccer team with his childhood friend Ted, despite not liking soccer—or Ted—all that much. Izzy Briggs wants to stand out. Being labeled the “weird kid” for her bold fashion choices is the price an aspiring designer must pay for a life of greatness—but being confident isn't always easy. So when Izzy and Marcus are paired together to perform a swing dance routine for a gym project, it’s no surprise that everything goes up in flames, including their grade in the class. Until their gym teacher proposes a deal: if the pair performs the sw

## Where this book is assigned

### Great Lakes Great Books Award

- **recommended** · 6th grade · Michigan — [source: Michigan Reading Association — Great Lakes Great Books Award 2025-26 WINNER (official GLGBA winner press release, announced March 7, 2026 at the MRA Annual Conference) — 6-8 division](https://michiganreading.org/Great-Lakes-Great-Books)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · Michigan — [source: Michigan Reading Association — Great Lakes Great Books Award 2025-26 WINNER (official GLGBA winner press release, announced March 7, 2026 at the MRA Annual Conference) — 6-8 division](https://michiganreading.org/Great-Lakes-Great-Books)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · Michigan — [source: Michigan Reading Association — Great Lakes Great Books Award 2025-26 WINNER (official GLGBA winner press release, announced March 7, 2026 at the MRA Annual Conference) — 6-8 division](https://michiganreading.org/Great-Lakes-Great-Books)

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