num_pages: 128
description: Written by Newbery Medalist, National Book Award winner, and Laura Ingalls Wilder Award recipient, and author of Bridge to Terabithia .Vinnie Matthews needs a real lifesaver--on that will bring her father back to life and let her family go home. Living with Grandma means having to be responsible for her little brother, Mason, who refuses to speak, and ignoring the kids who ask why he's so crazy. Then Vinnie meets Lupe, the mysterious "flip-flop girl" who only wears orange flip-flops on her feet. Lupe is strong, confisent, and even more of an outsact than Vinnie. She's just teh type of friends Vinnie needs, if only Vinnie can ignore the rumora about Lupe's past.
language: English
title: Flip-Flop Girl
titlecomplete: Flip-Flop Girl
genres: Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction, Death, Childrens, School, Juvenile, Young Adult, Poverty, Fiction
ratings_count: 476
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Intermediate
publisher: Puffin Books