Book details

Strange Parents (Piñata Books)

Julia Mercedes Castilla

Published in

2009

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Belonging

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Adaptability

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Description

Having spent most of her life living with her grandmother in Mexico, thirteen-year-old Marisol reluctantly travels to Fort Worth, Texas, to be reunited with parents she has not seen in. ten years and a brother she has never met.

Age

10-13

Text complexity

beginner

Length

85 pages

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