A handful of stars

The Resource A handful of stars
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A handful of stars
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Cynthia Lord
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eng
Summary
When her blind dog slips his collar, twelve-year old Lily meets Salma Santiago, a young Hispanic girl whose migrant family are in Maine for the blueberry-picking season, and, based partly on their mutual love of dogs, the two forge a friendship while painting bee boxes for Lily's grandfather--but as the Blueberry Queen pageant approaches Lily and Salma are confronted with some of the hard truths of prejudice and migrant life
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Awards note
Young Hoosier Book Intermediate Grades 4-6 Award nominee, 2017-2018.
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NJQ/DLC
Dewey number
[Fic]
Index
no index present
Intended audience
690
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LC call number
PZ7.L87734
LC item number
Han 2015
Literary form
fiction
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
  • 4
  • 6
Target audience
juvenile

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