A handful of stars /
Lord, Cynthia.
A handful of stars / Cynthia Lord. - New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., [2015] - 184 p. ; 20 cm.
School Library Journal, June 2015 Library Media Connection starred, December 2015 Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, September 2015 Pub Weekly, March 2015 Booklist, April 2015 Horn Book, October 2015 Teacher Librarian, June 2015 Kirkus Review, March 2015
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.
4.4. 3-6 Follett School Solutions.
9780545700283
Migrant labor--Fiction.
Hispanic Americans--Fiction.
Blind dogs--Fiction.
Grandparents--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Blueberry industry--Fiction.
Maine--Fiction.
PZ7.L87734 / Han 2015
[Fic]
A handful of stars / Cynthia Lord. - New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., [2015] - 184 p. ; 20 cm.
School Library Journal, June 2015 Library Media Connection starred, December 2015 Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, September 2015 Pub Weekly, March 2015 Booklist, April 2015 Horn Book, October 2015 Teacher Librarian, June 2015 Kirkus Review, March 2015
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.
4.4. 3-6 Follett School Solutions.
9780545700283
Migrant labor--Fiction.
Hispanic Americans--Fiction.
Blind dogs--Fiction.
Grandparents--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Blueberry industry--Fiction.
Maine--Fiction.
PZ7.L87734 / Han 2015
[Fic]