A handful of stars

Título
A handful of stars

Cynthia, Lord

Resumen
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.

Fecha de publicación como intervalo
2015

Descripción física
184 pages ; 22 cm

Nota general
This book was originally published in hardcover by Scholastic Press in 2015.

Término de la materia
Children of migrant laborers -- Fiction.
 
Hispanic American children -- Fiction.
 
Blind dogs -- Fiction.
 
Grandparent and child -- Fiction.
 
Friendship -- Fiction.
 
Blueberry industry -- Fiction.

Término geográfico
Maine -- Fiction.

Síntesis
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.

ISBN
9780545700276
 
9780545700283

Información de publicación
New York : Scholastic Press, 2015.
 
©2015


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