Title: Merci Suarez changes gears
Description: When bossy Edna Santos sets her sights on the new boy who happens to be Merci s school-assigned Sunshine Buddy, Merci becomes the target of Edna s jealousy. Things aren t going well at home, either: Merci s grandfather and most trusted ally, Lolo, has been acting strangely lately  forgetting important things, falling from his bike, and getting angry over nothing.
Subjects: Coming of age, Fiction, Families, Multigenerational, Newbery Medal, Girls, Juvenile fiction, Middle school students, Middle schools, Sixth grade (Education), Schools, Grandfathers, Grandparent and child, Jealousy, award:Newbery_award