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A handful of stars
Title:
A handful of stars
Personal Author EPSB:
Cynthia, Lord
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.
Year Published:
2015
Physical Description:
184 pages ; 22 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Note:
This book was originally published in hardcover by Scholastic Press in 2015.
Subject:
Children of migrant laborers -- Fiction.

Hispanic American children -- Fiction.

Blind dogs -- Fiction.

Grandparent and child -- Fiction.

Friendship -- Fiction.

Blueberry industry -- Fiction.
Geographic Term:
Maine -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780545700276

9780545700283
Publisher:
New York : Scholastic Press, 2015.

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Edmonton Public Schools