The fresh new face of Griselda / Jennifer Torres.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First editionDescription: 245 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780316452601
- 0316452602
- Poverty -- Juvenile fiction
- Loss (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction
- Sisters -- Juvenile fiction
- Money-making projects for children -- Juvenile fiction
- Cosmetics -- Juvenile fiction
- Families -- Juvenile fiction
- Hispanic Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Moneymaking projects -- Fiction
- Family life -- Fiction
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | TORRES JENNIFER | Available | 33111010936975 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
After one girl's parents lose their home, it would seem easy for her to lose hope, too--but in this inspiring story of family and friendship, just the opposite happens.
Griselda "Geez" Zaragoza has a love for beautiful things, like her collection of vintage teacups and the flower garden she and her dad planted in the front yard. But when his business goes bankrupt, Geez loses not just her house, but also her confidence and her trust in her unflappable parents.
Tagging along with her big sister Maribel, who postponed college for a job selling Alma Cosmetics, Geez dreams up a way to reclaim the life she thinks she lost. If she can sell enough tubes of glistening, glittery Alma lip gloss, she'll win a cash prize that could help jump start her dad's business.
In this moving coming-of-age novel, Geez will learn that a home isn't just lost or found, but made and re-made.
After her father's landscaping business fails and the family loses their house, sixth-grader Griselda Zaragoza follows her sister's example and begins selling Alma cosmetics while hiding her changed circumstances from friends.