Title: EllRay Jakes the Recess King!
Description: Eight-year-old EllRay is down to one-and-a-half best friends, and his little sister points out the obvious: he needs more! So EllRay decides to audition other boys for the part, the way his sister is auditioning for the lead role in her day care s spring play. Now, EllRay has to come up with fun things to do at recess, because when he s the Recess King, everyone will want to be his friend!

In order to sift through his classmates and find a new best friend, EllRay comes up with fun things to do at recess. Book #8
Subjects: African American boys, Elementary schools, Best friends, Juvenile fiction, African American families, Friendship, Boys, Children's fiction, African americans, fiction, Friendship, fiction, Schools, fiction, Family life, fiction, California, fiction
Places: Oak Glen (Calif.)