By:
Brent Runyon
Grade Level:
Maybe by Brent Runyon (2006), deals with male adolescent struggles, and is Runyon’s second novel. Maybe is included on several recommended books lists, including Teen Books, 2006 ; Bank Street College of Education; United States Teen
List, 2006 ;United States and Young Adults’ Choices, 2008 ; International Reading Association. Runyon’s first novel, which is a biographical account of his attempted suicide, The Burn Journals (2004), won the Children’s Book Award (2005), Tayshas High School Reading List 2005 (Texas), and Rhode Island Books Award (2005). Maybe is delivered through a young, male’s perspective, upon entering a new high school.