- Middle school students, Middle schools, Cuban Americans, Grandparents
Thoughtful, strong-willed sixth-grader Merci Suarez navigates difficult changes with friends, family, and everyone in between in a resonant new novel from Meg Medina.
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Classical in form, contemporary, earnest and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Meg Medina
- First published
- 2018
- Pages
- 362
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press (MA), Candlewick, Candlewick Press
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780763690496
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