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Merci Suarez Can'T Dance (Merci Suarez) [Large Print]

Author: Medina, Meg

Follett Number: 1648NR2
Audience: Upper Elementary
Publisher: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2021
Format: 441 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
ISBN-13: 978-1-43288-690-5
ISBN-10: 1-43288-690-8
Dewey: -Fic-
Classifications: Large Print; Fiction

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"Seventh grade is going to be a real trial for Merci Suarez. She's tangling again with classmate Edna Santos, who is bossier and more obnoxious than ever now that she is in charge of the annual Heart Ball. Once thing is for sure, though: Merci Suarez can't dance, not at the Heart Ball or anywhere else. Dancing makes her almost as queasy as love does, especially now that Tia Ines, her merengue-teaching aunt, has a new man in her life. Unfortunately, Merci can't seem to avoid love or dance for very long. She used to talk about everything with her grandfather, Lolo, but with his Alzheimer's getting worse each day, whom can she trust to help her make sanse of all the new things happening in her life?"--Provided by publisher.

From the publisher:
In Meg Medina's follow-up to her Newbery Medal-winning novel, Merci takes on seventh grade, with all its travails of friendship, family, love--and finding your rhythm. Seventh grade is going to be a real trial for Merci Su rez. For science she's got no-nonsense Mr. Ellis, who expects her to be a smart as her brother, Roli. She's been assigned to co-manage the tiny school store with Wilson Bellevue, a boy she barely knows, but whom she might actually like. And she's tangling again with classmate Edna Santos, who is bossier and more obnoxious than ever now that she is in charge of the annual Heart Ball. One thing is for sure, though: Merci Su rez can't dance--not at the Heart Ball or anywhere else. Dancing makes her almost as queasy as love does, especially now that T a In s, her merengue-teaching aunt, has a new man in her life. Unfortunately, Merci can't seem to avoid love or dance for very long. She used to talk about everything with her grandfather, Lolo, but with his Alzheimer's getting worse each day, whom can she trust to help her make sense of all the new things happening in her life? The Su rez family is back in a touching, funny story about growing up and discovering love's many forms, including how we learn to love and believe in ourselves.

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