A handful of stars
By: Cynthia Lord
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780545700276
Subjects: Grandparent and child; Blind dogs; Grandparents; Juvenile fiction; Fiction; Hispanic Americans; Friendship; Hispanic American children; Blueberry industry; Dogs; Children of migrant laborers; Migrant labor
Description: 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 Selma are confronted with some of the hard truths of prejudice and migrant life.

Twelve-year-old Lily befriends Salma, a Hispanic girl whose family is in Maine for blueberry picking season, but as a local pageant approaches, the girls are confronted with the hard truths of prejudice and migrant life.
Notes: Accelerated Reader MG 4.4 5 5 174049