Dancing home
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Author
Ada, Alma Flor.
Contributors
Zubizarreta, Gabriel M.
Darío, Rubén, 1867-1916. A Margarita.
Zubizarreta, Rosa
Published
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2011].
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
147 pages ; 22 cm
Appears on list
2021 NEA Big Read Youth
Status
On Shelf
Oliver La Farge - Children's Juvenile
Fiction Ada, A
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Southside - Children's Juvenile
Fiction Ada, A
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Published
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2011].
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
MG
Level 5.9, 4 Points
Lexile measure
960

Notes

General Note
Based on the poem A Margarita by Rubén Darío, which is included in the original Spanish and in an English translation by Rosalma Zubizarreta.
Description
When Margie's cousin Lupe comes from Mexico to live in California with Margie's family, Lupe must adapt to America, while Margie, who thought it would be fun to have her cousin there, finds that she's embarrassed by her in school and jealous of her at home.
Target Audience
960L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,MG,5.9,4,144849.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,MG,6.1,4,144849.

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Subjects

LC Subjects
California -- Juvenile fiction.
Cousins -- Juvenile fiction.
Families -- Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction.
Fiction.
Mexican Americans -- California -- Juvenile fiction.
Other Subjects
California -- Fiction.
Cousins -- Fiction.
Cousins -- Fiction.
Family life -- Fiction.
Family life -- Fiction.
Father-daughter relationship -- Fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Mexican Americans -- Fiction.
Mexican Americans -- Fiction.