TY  - BOOK
AU  - Medina,Meg
TI  - Merci Suárez changes gears
SN  - 9781536212587
U1  - [Fic] 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Somerville, Mass.
PB  - Candlewick Press
KW  - Girls
KW  - Fiction
KW  - sears
KW  - Middle school students
KW  - Middle schools
KW  - School stories
KW  - Grandfathers
KW  - Grandparent-grandchild relationship
KW  - Jealousy
KW  - Florida
KW  - Domestic fiction
KW  - lcgft
N1  - School Library Journal starred, July 2018; Booklist starred, June 2015; Horn Book Starred, September 2018; Pub Weekly, August 2018; Kirkus Starred, July 2018; New York Times, September 2018; Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), September 2018; Library Media Connection, October 2018; 3-6; Follett School Solutions; Accelerated Reader AR; MG; 4.6; 10.0; 196915; BR
N2  - "Merci Su�arez knew that sixth grade would be different, but she had no idea just how different. For starters, Merci has never been like the other kids at her private school in Florida, because she and her older brother, Roli, are scholarship students. They don't have a big house or a fancy boat, and they have to do extra community service to make up for their free tuition. So when bossy Edna Santos sets her sights on the new boy who happens to be Merci's school-assigned Sunshine Buddy, Merci becomes the target of Edna's jealousy. Things aren't going well at home, either: Merci's grandfather and most trusted ally, Lolo, has been acting strangely lately -- forgetting important things, falling from his bike, and getting angry over nothing. No one in her family will tell Merci what's going on, so she's left to her own worries, while also feeling all on her own at school."--Provided by publisher
ER  -