The Resource A handful of stars, Cynthia Lord
A handful of stars, Cynthia Lord
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The item A handful of stars, Cynthia Lord represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 11 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item A handful of stars, Cynthia Lord represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 11 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- 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 Salma are confronted with some of the hard truths of prejudice and migrant life
- Language
- eng
- Label
- A handful of stars
- Title
- A handful of stars
- Statement of responsibility
- Cynthia Lord
- Subject
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- Blind dogs
- Blind dogs -- Fiction
- Blind dogs -- Juvenile fiction
- Blueberry industry
- Blueberry industry -- Fiction
- Blueberry industry -- Juvenile fiction
- trueBlueberry industry and trade
- trueChildren of migrant agricultural laborers
- Children of migrant laborers
- Children of migrant laborers -- Juvenile fiction
- trueDogs
- Dogs -- Fiction
- Fiction
- trueFriendship
- Friendship
- Friendship -- Fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- trueGirl orphans
- trueGirls and dogs
- Grandparent and child
- trueGrandparent and child
- Grandparent and child -- Juvenile fiction
- Grandparents -- Fiction
- Hispanic American children
- Hispanic American children -- Juvenile fiction
- trueHispanic American girls
- Hispanic Americans -- Fiction
- Juvenile works
- trueMaine
- Maine
- Maine -- Fiction
- trueBlind dogs
- Maine -- Juvenile fiction
- Migrant labor -- Fiction
- truePreteen girls
- trueTwelve-year-old girls
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 Salma are confronted with some of the hard truths of prejudice and migrant life
- Award
- Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona), Intermediate Book Category, 2019.
- Awards note
- Texas Bluebonnet Award List, 2016-2017
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10414928
- Cataloging source
- NJQ/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lord, Cynthia
- Dewey number
-
- [Fic]
- 813.6
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 690L
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- Interest level
- MG
- LC call number
- PZ7.L87734
- LC item number
- Han 2015
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 4
- 6
- Reading level
- 4.4
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Study program name
- Accelerated Reader AR
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Children of migrant laborers
- Hispanic American children
- Blind dogs
- Grandparent and child
- Friendship
- Blueberry industry
- Migrant labor
- Hispanic Americans
- Blind dogs
- Dogs
- Grandparents
- Friendship
- Blueberry industry
- Blind dogs
- Blueberry industry
- Children of migrant laborers
- Friendship
- Grandparent and child
- Hispanic American children
- Maine
- Maine
- Maine
- Target audience
- pre adolescent
- Label
- A handful of stars, Cynthia Lord
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1083113
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 184 pages
- Isbn
- 9780545700276
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2014029526
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780545700276
- (OCoLC)889666442
- Label
- A handful of stars, Cynthia Lord
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1083113
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 184 pages
- Isbn
- 9780545700276
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2014029526
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780545700276
- (OCoLC)889666442
Subject
- Blind dogs
- Blind dogs -- Fiction
- Blind dogs -- Juvenile fiction
- Blueberry industry
- Blueberry industry -- Fiction
- Blueberry industry -- Juvenile fiction
- trueBlueberry industry and trade
- trueChildren of migrant agricultural laborers
- Children of migrant laborers
- Children of migrant laborers -- Juvenile fiction
- trueDogs
- Dogs -- Fiction
- Fiction
- trueFriendship
- Friendship
- Friendship -- Fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- trueGirl orphans
- trueGirls and dogs
- Grandparent and child
- trueGrandparent and child
- Grandparent and child -- Juvenile fiction
- Grandparents -- Fiction
- Hispanic American children
- Hispanic American children -- Juvenile fiction
- trueHispanic American girls
- Hispanic Americans -- Fiction
- Juvenile works
- trueMaine
- Maine
- Maine -- Fiction
- trueBlind dogs
- Maine -- Juvenile fiction
- Migrant labor -- Fiction
- truePreteen girls
- trueTwelve-year-old girls
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