A handful of stars / Cynthia Lord.

By:

Lord, Cynthia

Material type:

TextPublisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2015Edition: 1st ed., June 2015Description: 184 p ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780545700276
9781518107603
0545700272
1518107605

Subject(s): DDC classification:

[Fic] 23

LOC classification:

PZ7.L87734 Han 2015

Summary: 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.

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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.