Lord, Cynthia,

A handful of stars / Cynthia Lord. - First edition. - 184 pages ; 22 cm

When her blind dog slips his collar, twelve-year old Lily meets Salma Santiago, a young Hispanic girl whose migrant family are in Maine for the blueberry-picking season, and, based partly on their mutual love of dogs, the two forge a friendship while painting bee boxes for Lily's grandfather--but as the Blueberry Queen pageant approaches Lily and Selma are confronted with some of the hard truths of prejudice and migrant life.

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Children of migrant laborers--Juvenile fiction.
Hispanic American children--Juvenile fiction.
Blind dogs--Juvenile fiction.
Grandparent and child--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Blueberry industry--Juvenile fiction.
Migrant labor--Fiction.
Hispanic Americans--Fiction.
Blind dogs--Fiction.
Dogs--Fiction.
Grandparents--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Blueberry industry--Fiction.


Maine--Juvenile fiction.
Maine--Fiction.

PZ7.L87734 / Han 2015

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