| Description |
224 pages ; 20 cm |
| Note |
3456 Childrens Plus, Inc. |
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620L Lexile |
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Accelerated Reader MG 4.0 5 5 138282 |
| Contents |
Prologue -- The magic baseball -- One wish -- Bienvenida -- The whispering wind -- Pink and joy and the guy behind the wall -- Good heart, solid soul -- The cat-dog -- Unfinished stories and squished tomatoes -- Tortillas are like life -- The ghost trail -- The balloon in the church -- The secret ingredient -- Some threads are shorter than others -- Becoming a big sister -- $9.50 under budget -- Fireworks -- The storyteller -- Mateo's treasure map -- Bella and the marshmallow ghost -- The shattered truth -- Calling Dad -- The missing words -- An armful of dread -- Maggie's story -- A sign from heaven -- Tortilla sun -- Riding the skies -- Acknowledgments -- Author's note -- Glossary. |
| Summary |
While spending a magical summer in New Mexico with her grandmother, twelve-year-old Izzy makes new friends, learns to cook, and for the first time hears stories about her father, who died before she was born. |
| Audience |
3456 Childrens Plus, Inc. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader MG 4.0 5 5 138282 |
| Subject |
Fathers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction.
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Grandmothers -- Juvenile fiction.
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Mexican Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
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New Mexico -- Juvenile fiction.
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| Genre |
Children's stories.
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| ISBN |
9781452131504 (pbk.) |
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1452131503 (pbk.) |
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