TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lord,Cynthia
TI  - A handful of stars
SN  - 9780545700276
AV  - PZ7.L87734 Han 2015
U1  - [Fic] 23
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Scholastic Press
KW  - Children of migrant laborers
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Hispanic American children
KW  - Blind dogs
KW  - Grandparent and child
KW  - Friendship
KW  - Blueberry industry
KW  - Migrant labor
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Hispanic Americans
KW  - Dogs
KW  - Grandparents
KW  - Maine
N2  - 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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