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The Smell of Old Lady Perfume
Contributor(s): Martínez, Claudia Guadalupe (Author)

ISBN: 1933693886 ISBN-13: 9781933693880
Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2011
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Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Hispanic & Latino

Dewey: FIC

Age Level: 9-12

Grade Level: 4-7

Lexile Measure: 730(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.7" H x 4.9" W x 7" L (0.40 lbs) 256 pages

Themes:
- Topical - Death/Dying
- Ethnic Orientation - Latino
- Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age
- Topical - Family

Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 129053
Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:

Claudia Guadalupe Mart nez's debut novel for tweens garnered lots of praise. Recommended by the Chicago Public Library as the Best of the Best in 2008, it's a bittersweet story about death, family, and the resilient emotional strength of the human heart. When Chela Gonzalez's father has a stroke, her grandmother comes to help. The house fills up with the smell of her old lady perfume, a smell that carries with it sorrow and loss.

Claudia Guadalupe Mart nez grew up in El Paso, Texas. She learned that letters form words from reading the subtitles of old westerns for her father.

Contributor Bio(s): Martinez, Claudia Guadalupe: - Claudia Guadalupe Martinez grew up in El Paso, Texas. She learned that letters form words from reading the subtitles of old westerns for her father. She went on to graduate from college and moved to Chicago to become one of the city's youngest non-profit executives.

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