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Dreams of Significant Girls
Contributor(s): Garcia, Cristina (Author)

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ISBN: 1416979204     ISBN-13: 9781416979203
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2011
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship
- Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - General
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2010002585
Age Level: 13-17
Grade Level: 8-12
Lexile Measure: 850(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.95" H x 5.84" W x 8.37" L (0.77 lbs) 256 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Friendship
- Sex & Gender - Girl's Interest
- Cultural Region - Central Europe
- Chronological Period - 1970's
- Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian
Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 07/24/2011 pg. 22
Publishers Weekly 05/30/2011
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2011
Romantic Times 07/01/2011 pg. 57 - Excellent
School Library Journal 07/01/2011 pg. 98
Booklist 07/01/2011 pg. 55
New York Times Book Review 07/17/2011 pg. 13
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2011 pg. 268
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2011
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2012 pg. 97 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 147663
Reading Level: 6.0   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 9.0
 
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Publisher Description:
Brought together each summer at a boarding school in Switzerland, three girls learn a lot more than just French and European culture. Shirin, an Iranian princess; Ingrid, a German-Canadian eccentric; and Vivien, a Cuban-Jewish New Yorker culinary phenom, are thrown into eachother's lives when they become roommates. This is a story of 3 paths slowly beginning to cross and merge as they spend the year apart, but the summers together. Through navigating the social-cultural shoals of the school, developing their adolescence, and learning the confusing and conflicting legacies of their families' past, Shirin, Ingrid, and Vivien form an unbreakable bond.

Like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, this story takes readers on a journey into the lives of very different girls and the bonds that keep them friends.


Contributor Bio(s): Garcia, Cristina: - Cristina García is the author of six novels, including the National Book Award finalist Dreaming in Cuban; children's books; anthologies; and poetry. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Whiting Writers' Award, among other honors, and is currently University Chair in Creative Writing at Texas State University-San Marcos. Visit her website at CristinaGarciaNovelist.com.
 
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