The Resource Marcus Vega doesn't speak Spanish, by Pablo Cartaya
Marcus Vega doesn't speak Spanish, by Pablo Cartaya
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The item Marcus Vega doesn't speak Spanish, by Pablo Cartaya represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
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- After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mother takes him and his younger brother, who has Down syndrome, to Puerto Rico to visit relatives they do not remember or have never met, and while there Marcus starts searching for his father, who left their family ten years ago and is somewhere on the island
- Marcus Vega is six feet tall, 180 pounds, and the owner of a premature mustache. When you look like this and you're only in the eighth grade, you're both a threat and a target. After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mom decides it's time for a change of environment. She takes Marcus and his younger brother to Puerto Rico to spend a week with relatives they don't remember or have never met. But Marcus can't focus, knowing that his father - who walked out of their lives ten years ago - is somewhere on the island. A series of misadventures takes Marcus all over Puerto Rico in search of his elusive namesake. Marcus doesn't know if he'll ever find his father, but what he ultimately discovers changes his life. And he even learns a bit of Spanish along the way. -- From dust jacket
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Marcus Vega doesn't speak Spanish
- Title
- Marcus Vega doesn't speak Spanish
- Statement of responsibility
- by Pablo Cartaya
- Title variation
- Marcus Vega does not speak Spanish
- Subject
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- Puerto Rico -- Fiction
- People with mental disabilities
- People with mental disabilities -- Fiction
- People with mental disabilities -- Juvenile fiction
- truePuerto Rican people
- Puerto Ricans
- Puerto Ricans
- Puerto Ricans -- United States -- Fiction
- Puerto Ricans -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- Puerto Rico
- truePuerto Rico
- Puerto Rico -- Juvenile fiction
- Schools
- Schools -- Fiction
- Schools -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSingle parent families
- United States
- trueAmerican people
- trueBilingualism
- trueCaribbean people
- Domestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- trueDown syndrome
- Down syndrome
- Down syndrome -- Fiction
- Down syndrome -- Juvenile fiction
- trueFamilies
- Families
- Families -- Fiction
- Families -- Juvenile fiction
- Family life -- Fiction
- trueFathers
- Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION -- Family | General (see also headings under Social Issues)
- JUVENILE FICTION -- People & Places -- United States -- Hispanic & Latino
- JUVENILE FICTION -- Social Issues | Special Needs
- Juvenile works
- trueMiddle schools
- Middle schools
- Middle schools -- Fiction
- Middle schools -- Juvenile fiction
- trueMultiracial boys
- trueNorth American people
- truePennsylvania
- truePeople with developmental disabilities
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mother takes him and his younger brother, who has Down syndrome, to Puerto Rico to visit relatives they do not remember or have never met, and while there Marcus starts searching for his father, who left their family ten years ago and is somewhere on the island
- Marcus Vega is six feet tall, 180 pounds, and the owner of a premature mustache. When you look like this and you're only in the eighth grade, you're both a threat and a target. After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mom decides it's time for a change of environment. She takes Marcus and his younger brother to Puerto Rico to spend a week with relatives they don't remember or have never met. But Marcus can't focus, knowing that his father - who walked out of their lives ten years ago - is somewhere on the island. A series of misadventures takes Marcus all over Puerto Rico in search of his elusive namesake. Marcus doesn't know if he'll ever find his father, but what he ultimately discovers changes his life. And he even learns a bit of Spanish along the way. -- From dust jacket
- Award
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- School Library Journal Best Books, 2018.
- ALA Notable Children's Book, 2019
- Awards note
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- ALSC Notable Children's Book, 2019
- Américas Award commended title, 2019
- Chicago Public Library Best Fiction for Older Readers, 2018
- School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10687687
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cartaya, Pablo
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
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- Structure indicator: 90 (high)
- Syntactic indicator: 90 (high)
- Semantic indicator: 100 (very high)
- Decoding indicator: 100 (very high)
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- Interest level
- MG
- LC call number
- PS3603.A77643
- LC item number
- M37 2018
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 4
- 7
- Reading level
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- 3.9
- HL580L.
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- Study program name
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- Accelerated Reader AR
- Lexile
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- Families
- Puerto Ricans
- Down syndrome
- People with mental disabilities
- Middle schools
- Schools
- Puerto Rico
- Families
- Family life
- Puerto Ricans
- Down syndrome
- People with mental disabilities
- Middle schools
- Schools
- Puerto Rico
- JUVENILE FICTION
- JUVENILE FICTION
- JUVENILE FICTION
- Down syndrome
- Families
- Middle schools
- People with mental disabilities
- Puerto Ricans
- Schools
- Puerto Rico
- United States
- Target audience
- pre adolescent
- Label
- Marcus Vega doesn't speak Spanish, by Pablo Cartaya
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1013499336
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 249 pages
- Isbn
- 9781101997260
- Lccn
- 2017052895
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1013499336
- Label
- Marcus Vega doesn't speak Spanish, by Pablo Cartaya
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1013499336
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 249 pages
- Isbn
- 9781101997260
- Lccn
- 2017052895
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1013499336
Subject
- Puerto Rico -- Fiction
- People with mental disabilities
- People with mental disabilities -- Fiction
- People with mental disabilities -- Juvenile fiction
- truePuerto Rican people
- Puerto Ricans
- Puerto Ricans
- Puerto Ricans -- United States -- Fiction
- Puerto Ricans -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- Puerto Rico
- truePuerto Rico
- Puerto Rico -- Juvenile fiction
- Schools
- Schools -- Fiction
- Schools -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSingle parent families
- United States
- trueAmerican people
- trueBilingualism
- trueCaribbean people
- Domestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- trueDown syndrome
- Down syndrome
- Down syndrome -- Fiction
- Down syndrome -- Juvenile fiction
- trueFamilies
- Families
- Families -- Fiction
- Families -- Juvenile fiction
- Family life -- Fiction
- trueFathers
- Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION -- Family | General (see also headings under Social Issues)
- JUVENILE FICTION -- People & Places -- United States -- Hispanic & Latino
- JUVENILE FICTION -- Social Issues | Special Needs
- Juvenile works
- trueMiddle schools
- Middle schools
- Middle schools -- Fiction
- Middle schools -- Juvenile fiction
- trueMultiracial boys
- trueNorth American people
- truePennsylvania
- truePeople with developmental disabilities
Genre
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- trueALA Notable Children's Books - Middle Readers Category: 2019
- trueSchool Library Journal Best Books: 2018
- trueCaribbean Kids' Lives
- trueBullies and Bullying (9-12)
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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