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A Handful of Stars

by Cynthia Lord
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This powerful middle-grade novel from the Newbery Honor author of RULES explores a friendship between a small-town girl and the daughter of migrant workers.

When Lily's blind dog, Lucky, slips his collar and runs away across the wide-open blueberry barrens of eastern Maine, it's Salma Santiago who manages to catch him. Salma, the daughter of migrant workers, is in the small town with her family for the blueberry-picking season. After their initial chance meeting, Salma and Lily bond over painting bee boxes for Lily's grandfather, and Salma's friendship transforms Lily's summer. But when Salma decides to run in the upcoming Blueberry Queen pageant, they'll have to face some tough truths about friendship and belonging. Should an outsider like Salma really participate in the pageant-and possibly win?Set amongst the blueberry barrens and by the sea, this is a gorgeous new novel by Newbery Honor author Cynthia Lord that tackles themes of prejudice and friendship, loss and love.
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Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Kindle Book

  • Release date: May 26, 2015

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9780545700290
  • File size: 8141 KB
  • Release date: May 26, 2015

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780545700290
  • File size: 11037 KB
  • Release date: May 26, 2015
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subjects

Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:4.4
Lexile® Measure:690
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:3

This powerful middle-grade novel from the Newbery Honor author of RULES explores a friendship between a small-town girl and the daughter of migrant workers.

When Lily's blind dog, Lucky, slips his collar and runs away across the wide-open blueberry barrens of eastern Maine, it's Salma Santiago who manages to catch him. Salma, the daughter of migrant workers, is in the small town with her family for the blueberry-picking season. After their initial chance meeting, Salma and Lily bond over painting bee boxes for Lily's grandfather, and Salma's friendship transforms Lily's summer. But when Salma decides to run in the upcoming Blueberry Queen pageant, they'll have to face some tough truths about friendship and belonging. Should an outsider like Salma really participate in the pageant-and possibly win?Set amongst the blueberry barrens and by the sea, this is a gorgeous new novel by Newbery Honor author Cynthia Lord that tackles themes of prejudice and friendship, loss and love.
Expand title description text
Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Scholastic Inc.

    Kindle Book
    Release date: May 26, 2015

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9780545700290
    File size: 8141 KB
    Release date: May 26, 2015

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9780545700290
    File size: 11037 KB
    Release date: May 26, 2015

  • Creators
  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    ATOS Level: 4.4
    Lexile® Measure: 690
    Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    Text Difficulty: 3
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