The Usual Suspects, Maurice Broaddus
The Usual Suspects, Maurice Broaddus
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The Usual Suspects

Author: Maurice Broaddus

Narrator: Michael Rishawn

Unabridged: 4 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 03/16/2021


Synopsis

Fans of Jason Reynolds and Sharon M. Draper will love this oh-so-honest middle grade novel from writer and educator Maurice Broaddus. Thelonius Mitchell is tired of being labeled. He’s in special ed, separated from the “normal” kids at school who don’t have any “issues.” That’s enough to make all the teachers and students look at him and his friends with a constant side-eye. (Although his disruptive antics and pranks have given him a rep too.)When a gun is found at a neighborhood hangout, Thelonius and his pals become instant suspects. Thelonius may be guilty of pulling crazy stunts at school, but a criminal? T isn’t about to let that label stick.

About Maurice Broaddus

Maurice Broaddus, a community organizer and teacher, has written and edited short stories for a number of magazines as well as authoring several novels and novellas for adults. Learn more about him at www.mauricebroaddus.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Betsy

Have you ever felt deep down bone mad at the universe because it withheld information from you? Information that is, by rights, yours to have? Because at this moment I’m in that very situation. I have here, in my hands, a book. I have read this book and found it marvelous. So I am in this funny stat......more

Goodreads review by caitlin

Review copy courtesy of Edelweiss. Cannot wait to buy this for my library, and I think it is a must buy for urban classrooms and libraries in middle school settings. This is a noir tale told by the boy who is always getting in trouble - so much, in fact, he spends almost his entire day in his pull-ou......more