The Resource The other half of happy, by Rebecca Balcárcel
The other half of happy, by Rebecca Balcárcel
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The item The other half of happy, by Rebecca Balcárcel 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 4 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item The other half of happy, by Rebecca Balcárcel 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 4 library branches.
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- Summary
- Twelve-year-old Quijana is a biracial girl, desperately trying to understand the changes that are going on in her life; her mother rarely gets home before bedtime, her father suddenly seems to be trying to get in touch with his Guatemalan roots (even though he never bothered to teach Quijana Spanish), she is about to start seventh grade in the Texas town where they live and she is worried about fitting in--and Quijana suspects that her parents are keeping secrets, because she is sure there is something wrong with her little brother, Memito, who is becoming increasingly hard to reach
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The other half of happy
- Title
- The other half of happy
- Statement of responsibility
- by Rebecca Balcárcel
- Subject
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- trueMultiracial girls
- Parent and child -- Juvenile fiction
- truePreteen girls
- Racially mixed children -- Texas -- Juvenile fiction
- Racially mixed families -- Texas -- Juvenile fiction
- Racially mixed people -- Fiction
- trueSecrets
- trueSiblings
- trueTexas
- Texas -- Fiction
- Texas -- Juvenile fiction
- trueBelonging
- trueBrothers and sisters
- Brothers and sisters -- Fiction
- Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction
- trueEthnic identity
- Ethnicity -- Fiction
- Ethnicity -- Juvenile fiction
- trueFamilies
- Families -- Texas -- Juvenile fiction
- Family life -- Texas -- Fiction
- trueFamily problems
- trueIdentity (Psychology)
- Identity (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction
- Identity -- Fiction
- trueMulticulturalism
- Parent and child -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Twelve-year-old Quijana is a biracial girl, desperately trying to understand the changes that are going on in her life; her mother rarely gets home before bedtime, her father suddenly seems to be trying to get in touch with his Guatemalan roots (even though he never bothered to teach Quijana Spanish), she is about to start seventh grade in the Texas town where they live and she is worried about fitting in--and Quijana suspects that her parents are keeping secrets, because she is sure there is something wrong with her little brother, Memito, who is becoming increasingly hard to reach
- Award
- ALA Notable Children's Books, 2020.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10804786
- Cataloging source
- NJQ/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Balcárcel, Rebecca
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PZ7.1.B3556
- LC item number
- Ot 2019
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 5
- 8
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Racially mixed children
- Racially mixed families
- Ethnicity
- Identity (Psychology)
- Brothers and sisters
- Parent and child
- Families
- Texas
- Racially mixed people
- Ethnicity
- Identity
- Brothers and sisters
- Parent and child
- Family life
- Texas
- Target audience
- pre adolescent
- Label
- The other half of happy, by Rebecca Balcárcel
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 2018037899
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 317 pages
- Isbn
- 9781452169989
- Lccn
- 2018037899
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1065959390
- Label
- The other half of happy, by Rebecca Balcárcel
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 2018037899
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 317 pages
- Isbn
- 9781452169989
- Lccn
- 2018037899
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1065959390
Subject
- trueMultiracial girls
- Parent and child -- Juvenile fiction
- truePreteen girls
- Racially mixed children -- Texas -- Juvenile fiction
- Racially mixed families -- Texas -- Juvenile fiction
- Racially mixed people -- Fiction
- trueSecrets
- trueSiblings
- trueTexas
- Texas -- Fiction
- Texas -- Juvenile fiction
- trueBelonging
- trueBrothers and sisters
- Brothers and sisters -- Fiction
- Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction
- trueEthnic identity
- Ethnicity -- Fiction
- Ethnicity -- Juvenile fiction
- trueFamilies
- Families -- Texas -- Juvenile fiction
- Family life -- Texas -- Fiction
- trueFamily problems
- trueIdentity (Psychology)
- Identity (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction
- Identity -- Fiction
- trueMulticulturalism
- Parent and child -- Fiction
Genre
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- trueOwn Voices: Fiction and Nonfiction for Grades 3-5
- trueALA Notable Children's Books - Older Readers Category: 2020
- trueMultiracial Kids' Lives
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