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Merci Suárez can't dance
Call Number
- J MEDI (CEN, EAS, OSH, WSQ)
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2021.
Physical Description
372 pages ; 21 cm
Audience
Ages 9-12 Candlewick Press.
Series
Summary
Seventh grade is going to be a real trial for Merci Suárez. For science she's got no-nonsense Mr. Ellis, who expects her to be a smart as her brother, Roli. She's been assigned to co-manage the tiny school store with Wilson Bellevue, a boy she barely knows, but whom she might actually like. And she's tangling again with classmate Edna Santos, who is bossier and more obnoxious than ever now that she is in charge of the annual Heart Ball. One thing is for sure, though: Merci Suárez can't dance--not at the Heart Ball or anywhere else. Dancing makes her almost as queasy as love does, especially now that Tía Inés, her merengue-teaching aunt, has a new man in her life. Unfortunately, Merci can't seem to avoid love or dance for very long. She used to talk about everything with her grandfather, Lolo, but with his Alzheimer's getting worse each day, whom can she trust to help her make sense of all the new things happening in her life? The Suárez family is back in a touching, funny story about growing up and discovering love's many forms, including how we learn to love and believe in ourselves.
Subjects
- Middle schools > Juvenile fiction.
- Schools > Juvenile fiction.
- Girls > Juvenile fiction.
- Infatuation > Juvenile fiction.
- Balls (Parties) > Juvenile fiction.
- Dance > Juvenile fiction.
- Grandparent and child > Juvenile fiction.
- Cuban Americans > Juvenile fiction.
- Middle schools > Fiction.
- Schools > Fiction.
- Infatuation > Fiction.
- Balls (Parties) > Fiction.
- Dance > Fiction.
- Grandparent and child > Fiction,
- Cuban Americans > Fiction,
- Florida > Juvenile fiction.
- Florida > Fiction.