A handful of stars, Cynthia Lord
Type
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A handful of stars, Cynthia Lord
Language
eng
Index
no index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
Ages 9-12, Novelist
resource.interestGradeLevel
Grades 4-6, Novelist
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
A handful of stars
Oclc number
889666442
Responsibility statement
Cynthia Lord
Summary
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
Target audience
pre adolescent
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- Dogs -- Juvenile fiction
- Blueberry industry -- Juvenile fiction
- Migrant labor -- Juvenile fiction
- Maine -- Juvenile fiction
- Blind dogs -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Hispanic American children -- Juvenile fiction
- Grandparent and child -- Juvenile fiction
- Children of migrant laborers -- Juvenile fiction
- Hispanic Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Grandparents -- Juvenile fiction
Content
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Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Creator1
- Subject11
- Dogs -- Juvenile fiction
- Blueberry industry -- Juvenile fiction
- Migrant labor -- Juvenile fiction
- Maine -- Juvenile fiction
- Blind dogs -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Hispanic American children -- Juvenile fiction
- Grandparent and child -- Juvenile fiction
- Children of migrant laborers -- Juvenile fiction
- Hispanic Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Grandparents -- Juvenile fiction
- Content1
- Author1
- Is Part Of1
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