Medina, Meg, <br/><br/>
Merci Su�arez changes gears / 
Meg Medina. 
 - 355 pages ;  21 cm. 
 - Merci Su�arez ;  bk. 1 .
<br/><br/> School Library Journal starred, July 2018  Booklist starred, June 2015  Horn Book Starred, September 2018  Pub Weekly, August 2018  Kirkus Starred, July 2018  Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), September 2018 
<br/><br/> Merci Su�arez 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. 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. 
<br/><br/> 6.3.  3-6.  700L  Lexile.  V  Fountas. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780763690496 076369049X 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Girls--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Middle school students--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Middle schools--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Schools--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Grandfathers--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Grandparent and child--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Jealousy--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Girls--Fiction.<br/>Middle school students--Fiction.<br/>Middle schools--Fiction.<br/>Schools--Fiction.<br/>Grandfathers--Fiction.<br/>Grandparent and child--Fiction.<br/>Jealousy--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Florida--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Florida--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Domestic fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>F MED