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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2011 | Grades 5-up
Gr 7 Up—This stunning debut novel in verse chronicles the teenage years of Lupita, a character drawn largely from the author's own childhood. Poised to enter her freshman year in high school, Lupita comfortably straddles the country of her birth, Mexico, and that of her family's adoptive country, the United States. She and her seven siblings live with their Mami, a gifted gardener and tender of her brood, and Papi, a hardworking construction worker. When her mother is diagnosed with ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
Lupita leads her seven younger siblings through the uncertainty of their mother's cancer. Lupita endeavors to keep her Mexi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
