num_pages: 256
description: Rising star Kat Fajardo's debut middle-grade graphic novel about a girl who would rather do anything other than celebrate her quinceaera! A funny and heartfelt coming-of-age story about navigating the expectations of family and cultural tradition.Sue just wants to spend the summer reading and making comics at sleepaway camp with her friends but instead she gets stuck going to Honduras to visit relatives with her parents and two sisters. They live way out in the country which means no texting no cable and no Internet! The trip takes a turn for the worse when Sue's mother announces that they'll be having a surprise quinceaera for Sue which is the last thing she wants. She can't imagine wearing a big floofy colorful dress! What is Sue going to do? And how will she survive all this quality time with her rambunctious family?Miss Quinces is the first graphic novel published by Scholastic/Graphix to be simultaneously released in English and Spanish editions!
language: English
title: Miss Quinces
publisher: Graphix