Star in the forest /
Resau, Laura.
Star in the forest / Laura Resau. - 1st Yearling ed. - viii, 149 p. : ill ; 20 cm.
"A Yearling book.".
Wilson's Children, October 2010. School Library Journal starred, February 2010. Booklist starred, February 2010. Horn Book, October 2010. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), May 2010. Kirkus Review, March 2010. Library Media Connection, May 2010. Wilson's Children. School Library Journal starred. Booklist starred.
After eleven-year-old Zitlally's father is deported to Mexico, she takes refuge in her trailer park's forest of rusted car parts, where she befriends a spunky neighbor and finds a stray dog that she nurses back to health and believes she must keep safe so that her father will return.
4.5 Follett Library Resources. 3-6 Follett Library Resources.
9780375854101 (pbk.) 9780329905460 (Follett bdg.) 037585410X 0329905465
Illegal aliens--Juvenile fiction.
Fathers--Juvenile fiction.
Trailer camps--Juvenile fiction.
Dogs--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Mexican Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Illegal aliens--Fiction.
Fathers--Fiction.
Trailer camps--Fiction.
Dogs--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Mexican Americans--Fiction.
Illegal aliens--Fiction.
Fathers--Fiction.
Trailer parks--Fiction.
Dogs--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Mexican Americans--Fiction.
Illegal aliens--Fiction.
Fathers--Fiction.
Trailer camps--Fiction.
Dogs--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Mexican Americans--Fiction.
PZ7.R2978 / St 2012
[Fic]
Star in the forest / Laura Resau. - 1st Yearling ed. - viii, 149 p. : ill ; 20 cm.
"A Yearling book.".
Wilson's Children, October 2010. School Library Journal starred, February 2010. Booklist starred, February 2010. Horn Book, October 2010. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), May 2010. Kirkus Review, March 2010. Library Media Connection, May 2010. Wilson's Children. School Library Journal starred. Booklist starred.
After eleven-year-old Zitlally's father is deported to Mexico, she takes refuge in her trailer park's forest of rusted car parts, where she befriends a spunky neighbor and finds a stray dog that she nurses back to health and believes she must keep safe so that her father will return.
4.5 Follett Library Resources. 3-6 Follett Library Resources.
9780375854101 (pbk.) 9780329905460 (Follett bdg.) 037585410X 0329905465
Illegal aliens--Juvenile fiction.
Fathers--Juvenile fiction.
Trailer camps--Juvenile fiction.
Dogs--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Mexican Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Illegal aliens--Fiction.
Fathers--Fiction.
Trailer camps--Fiction.
Dogs--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Mexican Americans--Fiction.
Illegal aliens--Fiction.
Fathers--Fiction.
Trailer parks--Fiction.
Dogs--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Mexican Americans--Fiction.
Illegal aliens--Fiction.
Fathers--Fiction.
Trailer camps--Fiction.
Dogs--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Mexican Americans--Fiction.
PZ7.R2978 / St 2012
[Fic]