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Merci Suarez Se Pone Las Pilas (Merci Suarez)

Author: Medina, Meg

Follett Number: 1719PB0
Audience: Upper Elementary
Publisher: Candlewick Press, 2020
Format: 396 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN-13: 978-1-53621-259-4
ISBN-10: 1-53621-259-8
Dewey: -Fic-
Classifications: Fiction

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Domestic Fiction
Florida Fiction
Girls Fiction
Grandfathers Fiction
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Jealousy Fiction
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Text in Spanish.;Translation of: Merci Suarez changes gears. "Merci Suarez 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.

From the publisher:
La amable y tenaz Merci Suarez, estudiante de sexto grado, lidia con cambios dificiles en sus relaciones con amistades, familiares y el resto del mundo en una nueva y relevante novela de Meg Medina. Merci Suarez sabia que el sexto grado seria diferente, pero no tenia idea alguna lo diferente que resultaria. En primer lugar, Merci nunca se ha parecido a los otros ninos de su escuela privada en la Florida, porque tanto ella como Roli, su hermano mayor, son estudiantes becados. Ellos no tienen ni una casa grande ni un yate elegante, y tienen que desempenar servicios comunitarios adicionales para compensar por su matricula gratis. Asi que cuando la mandona de Edna Santos se fija en el nuevo nino que la escuela le ha asignado a Merci como su "amigos de arco iris," Merci se convierte en el foco de los celos de Edna. Las cosas no andan muy bien en su casa tampoco: Lolo, el abuelo de Merci, su aliado de mayor confianza, ha estado actuando un poco raro ultimamente: se le olvida cosas importantes, se cae de la bicicleta y se enoja por cualquier cosa. Nadie en la familia le ha dicho a Merci que es lo que le aflige, asi que Merci tiene que lidiar sola con sus preocupaciones, a la vez que se siente aislada en la escuela. En una historia sobre los ritos de la pre-adolescencia, llena de humor y sabiduria, la galardonada autora Meg Medina llega al fondo del desconcierto y del cambio continuo que caracterizan el ultimo ano de la escuela elemental, asi como de los lazos inquebrantables de la familia.

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