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Item Nr: B 119743 Title: Handful of Stars
Grade Lvl: I Author: Lord, Cynthia
Length: 184 Prod/Pub: Scholastic Press
Copyright: 2015 Series:
Book Type: FC Biographee:
Copies: 2 Loan Period: 42 days
 
  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. AR 4.4 RC 4.3 Lexile 690 IL 4-6. Iowa Children's Choice 2017-2018.

  Subjects:
  534 - FRIENDSHIP
  1676 - LEXILE 600-699
  743 - MIGRANT LABOR
  770 - MULTICULTURAL/MULTICULTURALISM
  1439 - PREJUDICES/PREJUDICE
  700 - REALISTIC FICTION