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Brown Belts and Brass Notes
Paperback
Series: Remembrances of Grandma Kay, Book 6
FamilyGeneral Juvenile Fiction
Publisher: Kathleen Patterson Garcia
Published: May 19 2026
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.11
Height: 0.08 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Beneath the shade of Grandma Kay's old walnut tree, stories have always been shared, memories remembered, and lessons quietly passed from one generation to the next.
For eleven-year-old Maddie, earning her brown belt in karate should feel exciting. Instead, growing up feels harder than she expected. Responsibilities are increasing, friendships are changing, and the pressure to always do things right sometimes leaves her doubting herself.
Yet through conversations with Grandma Kay and time spent with her family, Maddie begins understanding something important: the memories worth saving are not always the perfect ones. Often, they are the moments when people struggled, persevered, and kept going anyway.
As Maddie thinks about the accomplishments and memories she hopes to someday place inside a Memory Box of her own, she slowly discovers that confidence is built one small step at a time.
Warm, nostalgic, and heartfelt, Brown Belts and Brass Notes is a touching middle-grade story about perseverance, family, growing up, and learning to believe in yourself.
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