A Handful of Stars
New York : Scholastic Press, 2015.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 184 pages ; 22 cm
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.
Subjects:
Children of migrant laborers -- Juvenile fiction.
Hispanic American children -- Juvenile fiction.
Blind dogs -- Juvenile fiction.
Grandparent and child -- Juvenile fiction.
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
Blueberry industry -- Juvenile fiction.
Maine -- Juvenile fiction.
Children of migrant laborers -- Juvenile fiction.
Hispanic American children -- Juvenile fiction.
Blind dogs -- Juvenile fiction.
Grandparent and child -- Juvenile fiction.
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
Blueberry industry -- Juvenile fiction.
Maine -- Juvenile fiction.
ISBN:
9780545700276
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C Lord | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Fiction | In |
C Lord | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Fiction | Out (Due: 5/22/2024) |
C Lord | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
C Lord | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Children's Fiction | In |
C Lord | Sandhills Indoors | Children's Fiction | Out (Due: 5/25/2024) |