# 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

### Common Core State Standards (ELA)

- **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/)

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