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
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: July 2011 |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. |
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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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