Summary
Apolonia ‘Lina’ Flores is looking for answers, but she can’t seem to figure out why she’s losing all the important people in her life, even with a house crammed full of books and facts. After her mother’s unexpected death, her father hides from sorrow by keeping his nose buried in books. Her best friend Vanessa’s got problems of her own: her father recently left her mother, who deals with the rejection by obsessively making cascarones, which are hollow egg shells filled with confetti. When Va…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780316029568 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0316029564 |
| Author: | Diana Lopez |
| Publisher: | Little Brown and Company |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown Young Readers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 198 |
| Release Date: | 7 July 2010 |
| Weight: | 159g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 130mm x 191mm |
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Employing lovely metaphors and realistic dialogue, adult author Lopez delicately displays the power of optimism and innovation during difficult times
Employing lovely metaphors and realistic dialogue, adult author Lopez delicately displays the power of optimism and innovation during difficult times [Publishers Weekly]
About The Author
Diana Lopez
Diana Lopez is a native of Corpus Christi, Texas. She now teaches English at St. Philip’s College in San Antonio. This is her first middle grade novel.
Previous Books:
Confetti Girl
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