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Contributor(s): Rose, Judith Robbins (Author)

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 ISBN: 0763672351     ISBN-13: 9780763672355
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
OUR PRICE: $14.44  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2015
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Hispanic & Latino
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Emigration & Immigration
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Parents
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2014944903
Age Level: 10-UP
Grade Level: 5-UP
Lexile Measure: 510(Not Available)
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.5" W x 7.8" L (1.02 lbs) 352 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic
- Ethnic Orientation - Latino
Features: Ikids, Price on Product
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2015
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2015 pg. 54
Publishers Weekly 06/22/2015
School Library Journal 07/01/2015 pg. 82
Booklist 09/01/2015 pg. 117
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2015 - Recommended - Readable
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 176757
Reading Level: 3.8   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 7.0
 
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Publisher Description:
With humor and sensitivity, a debut novelist explores the coming of age of a girl caught between two cultures as she finds the courage to forge a new destiny.

"Miss, will you be my Amiga?"
Amiga means "friend" in Spanish, but at the youth center, it meant a lady to take you places.
I never asked myself if two people as different as Miss and me could ever really be amigas.

When Jacinta Juarez is paired with a rich, famous mentor, she is swept away from the diapers and dishes of her own daily life into a world of new experiences. But crossing la linea into Miss's world is scary. Half of Jacinta aches for the comfort of Mam and the familiar safety of the barrio, while the other half longs to embrace a future that offers more than cleaning stuff for white people. When her family is torn apart, Jacinta needs to bring the two halves of herself together to win back everything she's lost. Can she channel the power she's gained from her mentor and the strength she's inherited from Mam to save her shattered home life?
 
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