Merci Suárez changes gears

Resource Information

The work Merci Suárez changes gears represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Jacksonville Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Merci Suárez changes gears

Statement of responsibility

Meg Medina

Creator

• Medina, Meg

Author

• Medina, Meg

Subject

• Grandfathers -- Juvenile fiction
• Schools -- Juvenile fiction
• Grandparent and child -- Juvenile fiction
• Girls -- Juvenile fiction
• Florida -- Juvenile fiction
• Middle schools -- Juvenile fiction
• Jealousy -- Juvenile fiction
• Domestic fiction
• Middle school students -- Juvenile fiction
• Sixth grade (Education) -- Juvenile fiction

Genre

• Juvenile fiction
• Domestic fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Merci Suárez knew that sixth grade would be different, but she had no idea just how different. For starters, Merci has never been like the other kids at her private school in Florida, because she and her older brother, Roli, are scholarship students. They don't have a big house or a fancy boat, and they have to do extra community service to make up for their free tuition. So when bossy Edna Santos sets her sights on the new boy who happens to be Merci's school-assigned Sunshine Buddy, Merci becomes the target of Edna's jealousy. Things aren't going well at home, either: Merci's grandfather and most trusted ally, Lolo, has been acting strangely lately -- forgetting important things, falling from his bike, and getting angry over nothing. No one in her family will tell Merci what's going on, so she's left to her own worries, while also feeling all on her own at school

Cataloging source

OQX

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• Ages 9-12
• Grades 4-7
• 700L

Intended audience source

Lexile

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

pre adolescent