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A handful of stars / Cynthia Lord.

Lord, Cynthia, (author.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780545700276
  • ISBN: 0545700272
  • Physical Description: 184 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2015.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
690L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.4 5 174049.

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Subject:
Children of migrant laborers > Fiction.
Hispanic American children > Fiction.
Blind dogs > Fiction.
Dogs > Fiction.
Grandparent and child > Fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
Blueberry industry > Fiction.
Friendships.
Maine > Fiction.
Genre:
Young adult fiction.
Fiction.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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