num_pages: 192
description: This powerful middle-grade novel from the Newbery Honor author of Rules explores a friendship between a small-town girl and the daughter of migrant workers. When Lily's blind dog Lucky slips his collar and runs away across the wide-open blueberry barrens of eastern Maine it's Salma Santiago who manages to catch him. Salma the daughter of migrant workers is in the small town with her family for the blueberry-picking season. After their initial chance meeting Salma and Lily bond over painting bee boxes for Lily's grandfather and Salma's friendship transforms Lily's summer. But when Salma decides to run in the upcoming Blueberry Queen pageant they'll have to face some tough truths about friendship and belonging. Should an outsider like Salma really participate in the pageantand possibly win? Set amongst the blueberry barrens and by the sea this is a gorgeous new novel by Newbery Honor author Cynthia Lord that tackles themes of prejudice and friendship loss and love.
language: English
title: A Handful of Stars
publisher: Scholastic