Sarai in the Spotlight
What's This Book About
The second book in the Sarai Gonzalez illustrated chapter book series inspired by the life of 11-year-old viral video sensation and social activist Sarai Gonzalez.When Sarai’s best friend suddenly moves away, Sarai has to navigate school – and the unfriendly girls in the cafeteria – all by herself. Then, new girl Christina moves to town and the teacher volunteers Sarai to show her around. But Sarai thinks Christina is not at all like her–she never wants to play at recess, she’s always got her head in a notebook and she’s so shy! But when Christina writes Sarai a spoken-word poem for her to recite at the class talent show, Sarai learns that sometimes winning teams are made from unlikely pairs!Inspired by the life of viral video sensation and social activist Sarai Gonzalez with the help of award-winning children’s book author Monica Brown.
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The Creatives Behind the Book
Monica Brown, PhD, is the award- winning author of Waiting for the Biblioburro/ Esperando el Biblioburro, Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match/no combina, and the Lola Levine chapter book series, including Lola Levine Is Not Mean; Lola Levine, Drama Queen; and Lola Levine and the Ballet Scheme. She lives in Arizona with her family and teaches at Northern Arizona University. Find out more at www.monicabrown.net.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9781338236699
- Publication Date
- September 11, 2018
- Publisher
- Scholastic Inc.
- Original Publication Date
- September 11, 2018
- Page Count
- 112
- Audience
- Juvenile Reader
- Reading Age
- 7 - 10 years
- Lexile® Level
- 680L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~P
- Est. ATOS® Book Level
- ~4.4
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