Tia Isa Wants a Car
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“A pleasant selection about ambition, resourcefulness, and never letting go of one’s dreams.” – School Library Journal While Tía Isa wants to save money for a car that will take the whole family to the beach, her niece does odd jobs for neighbors. But it’s hard to save enough when half the money is set aside to someday bring family members who live far away to join them. Meg Medina’s simple, genuine story about keeping in mind those who are far away is written in lovely, lyrical prose and brought to life through Claudio Muñoz’s charming characters.
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Meg Medina is the author of the Newbery Medal-winning book Merci Suárez Changes Gears, which was also a 2018 Kirkus Prize finalist. Her young adult novels include Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, which won the 2014 Pura Belpré Author Award; Burn Baby Burn, which was long-listed for the National Book Award; and The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind. She is also the author of picture books Mango, Abuela, and Me, illustrated by Angela Dominguez, which was a Pura Belpré Author Award Honor Book, and Tía Isa Wants a Car, illustrated by Claudio Muñoz, which won the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award. The daughter of Cuban immigrants, she grew up in Queens, New York, and now lives in Richmond, Virginia.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780763657529
- Publication Date
- February 23, 2016
- Publisher
- Candlewick
- Original Publication Date
- June 14, 2011
- Page Count
- 32
- Words Per Page
- 34
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 3 - 7 years
- Lexile® Level
- AD630L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~O
- Est. ATOS® Book Level
- ~4.1
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