The treasure of Maria Mamoun
By: Michelle Chalfoun
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780374303402
Subjects: Islands; Juvenile fiction; Treasure troves; Lebanese Americans
Description: Twelve-year-old Maria lives a lonely, latchkey-kid's life in the Bronx. Her Lebanese mother is working two nursing jobs to keep them afloat, and Maria keeps her worries to herself, not wanting to be a burden. Then something happens one day between home and school that changes everything.
Notes: 456 Childrens Plus, Inc.