Dancing home

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Label

Dancing home

Statement of responsibility

Alma Flor Ada and Gabriel M. Zubizarreta

Creator

• trueAda, Alma Flor

Contributor

• Zubizarreta, Gabriel M

Subject

• trueSchools
• Mexican Americans -- Juvenile fiction
• trueMoving to a new country
• trueCalifornia
• California -- Juvenile fiction
• Cousins -- Juvenile fiction
• trueElementary schools
• trueEmbarrassment
• Families -- Juvenile fiction
• Fathers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction
• trueFifth-grade girls
• trueGirl cousins
• trueJealousy
• trueMexican American families
• trueMexican American girls
• Mexican Americans -- California -- Juvenile fiction

Genre

• Juvenile fiction

Language

eng

Summary

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 is embarrassed by her in school and jealous of her at home

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven
• trueOwn voices

Character

• trueCulturally diverse

Cataloging source

DLC

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• Ages 8-12
• 960

Intended audience source

Lexile

Interest level

MG

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 4
• 6

Reading level

5.9

Study program name

Accelerated Reader AR

Target audience

pre adolescent