A handful of stars / Cynthia Lord.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: First editionDescription: 184 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0545700272
- 9780545700276
- Blind dogs -- Juvenile fiction
- Blueberry industry -- Juvenile fiction
- Children of migrant laborers -- Juvenile fiction
- Dogs -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Grandparent and child -- Juvenile fiction
- Grandparents -- Juvenile fiction
- Hispanic American children -- Juvenile fiction
- Hispanic Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Migrant labor -- Juvenile fiction
- Maine -- Juvenile 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 | Lord Cynthia | Available | 33111008015170 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This powerful middle-grade novel from the Newbery Honor author of RULES explores a friendship between a small-town girl and the daughter of migrant workers.When Lily's blind dog, Lucky, slips his collar and runs away across the wide-open blueberry barrens of eastern Maine, it's Salma Santiago who manages to catch him. Salma, the daughter of migrant workers, is in the small town with her family for the blueberry-picking season. After their initial chance meeting, Salma and Lily bond over painting bee boxes for Lily's grandfather, and Salma's friendship transforms Lily's summer. But when Salma decides to run in the upcoming Blueberry Queen pageant, they'll have to face some tough truths about friendship and belonging. Should an outsider like Salma really participate in the pageant-and possibly win?Set amongst the blueberry barrens and by the sea, this gorgeous novel by Newbery Honor author Cynthia Lord tackles themes of prejudice and friendship, loss and love.
When her blind dog slips his collar, twelve-year old Lily meets Salma Santiago, a young Hispanic girl whose migrant family are in Maine for the blueberry-picking season, and, based partly on their mutual love of dogs, the two forge a friendship while painting bee boxes for Lily's grandfather--but as the Blueberry Queen pageant approaches Lily and Selma are confronted with some of the hard truths of prejudice and migrant life.