# The Season of Styx Malone

**Author:** Kekla Magoon
**Lexile:** 510L
**Grade range:** Grades 3–7
**Age range:** 8–12
**First published:** 2018
**Page count:** 304
**Genre:** Middle Grade Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9781524715960`
**ISBN-10:** `1524715964`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-season-of-styx-malone
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Brothers Caleb and Bobby Gene meet the older, charismatic Styx Malone, who draws them into a summer of escalating trades and schemes in their small Indiana town. Kekla Magoon's warm, funny novel is really about brotherhood, fathers, and the pull of wanting more. A common grades 3-7 read.

## Themes

- family
- friendship
- adventure
- growing up

## Where this book is assigned

### Boston Globe–Horn Book Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade — [source: Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners, via Wikipedia — 2019 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Globe%E2%80%93Horn_Book_Award)
- **recommended** · 4th grade — [source: Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners, via Wikipedia — 2019 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Globe%E2%80%93Horn_Book_Award)
- **recommended** · 5th grade — [source: Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners, via Wikipedia — 2019 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Globe%E2%80%93Horn_Book_Award)
- **recommended** · 6th grade — [source: Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners, via Wikipedia — 2019 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Globe%E2%80%93Horn_Book_Award)
- **recommended** · 7th grade — [source: Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners, via Wikipedia — 2019 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Globe%E2%80%93Horn_Book_Award)

### Garden State Children's Book Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · New Jersey — [source: New Jersey Library Association — Garden State Children's Book Award selections (statewide children's-choice program; students vote, since 1977)](https://www.njla.org/garden-state-book-awards)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · New Jersey — [source: New Jersey Library Association — Garden State Children's Book Award selections (statewide children's-choice program; students vote, since 1977)](https://www.njla.org/garden-state-book-awards)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · New Jersey — [source: New Jersey Library Association — Garden State Children's Book Award selections (statewide children's-choice program; students vote, since 1977)](https://www.njla.org/garden-state-book-awards)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · New Jersey — [source: New Jersey Library Association — Garden State Children's Book Award selections (statewide children's-choice program; students vote, since 1977)](https://www.njla.org/garden-state-book-awards)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · New Jersey — [source: New Jersey Library Association — Garden State Children's Book Award selections (statewide children's-choice program; students vote, since 1977)](https://www.njla.org/garden-state-book-awards)

### Rhode Island Children's Book Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Rhode Island — [source: Rhode Island Office of Library & Information Services (OLIS) — Rhode Island Children's Book Award official nominee lists, 2020-2026 cycles (statewide grades 3-5 children's-choice program; students read the annual nominees and vote).](https://olis.ri.gov/programs-and-support/reading-programs/rhode-island-childrens-book-award)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Rhode Island — [source: Rhode Island Office of Library & Information Services (OLIS) — Rhode Island Children's Book Award official nominee lists, 2020-2026 cycles (statewide grades 3-5 children's-choice program; students read the annual nominees and vote).](https://olis.ri.gov/programs-and-support/reading-programs/rhode-island-childrens-book-award)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Rhode Island — [source: Rhode Island Office of Library & Information Services (OLIS) — Rhode Island Children's Book Award official nominee lists, 2020-2026 cycles (statewide grades 3-5 children's-choice program; students read the annual nominees and vote).](https://olis.ri.gov/programs-and-support/reading-programs/rhode-island-childrens-book-award)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Rhode Island — [source: Rhode Island Office of Library & Information Services (OLIS) — Rhode Island Children's Book Award official nominee lists, 2020-2026 cycles (statewide grades 3-5 children's-choice program; students read the annual nominees and vote).](https://olis.ri.gov/programs-and-support/reading-programs/rhode-island-childrens-book-award)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · Rhode Island — [source: Rhode Island Office of Library & Information Services (OLIS) — Rhode Island Children's Book Award official nominee lists, 2020-2026 cycles (statewide grades 3-5 children's-choice program; students read the annual nominees and vote).](https://olis.ri.gov/programs-and-support/reading-programs/rhode-island-childrens-book-award)

### Summer reading lists

- **recommended** · 3rd grade — [source: WeAreTeachers 2025 Summer Reading List — Middle Grades](https://www.weareteachers.com/summer-reading-list-for-kids/)
- **recommended** · 4th grade — [source: WeAreTeachers 2025 Summer Reading List — Middle Grades](https://www.weareteachers.com/summer-reading-list-for-kids/)
- **recommended** · 5th grade — [source: WeAreTeachers 2025 Summer Reading List — Middle Grades](https://www.weareteachers.com/summer-reading-list-for-kids/)
- **recommended** · 6th grade — [source: WeAreTeachers 2025 Summer Reading List — Middle Grades](https://www.weareteachers.com/summer-reading-list-for-kids/)
- **recommended** · 7th grade — [source: WeAreTeachers 2025 Summer Reading List — Middle Grades](https://www.weareteachers.com/summer-reading-list-for-kids/)

## Banned / challenged record

Documented removals or formal challenges in at least one school district in 1 state: FL. Source: [PEN America's Index of School Book Bans](https://pen.org/banned-book-list/) 2022-2024.

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