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Reviewed on August 1, 2024 | Back-To-School Roundup
K-Gr 3—On Gloriana's first day of school, Abuela tells her a story about their family's home in the Dominican Republic to calm her nerves. Gloriana dances to imaginary bachata music as they walk toward the school. They pretend to ride the waves, and Gloriana's nervous butterflies flee. But the nerves return at school as she struggles to understand the words she hears. She retrieves those memories of the Dominican Republic to help he...Log In or Sign Up to Read More