
With humor and sensitivity, a debut novelist explores the coming of age of a girl caught between two cultures as she finds the courage to forge a new destiny.“Miss, will you be my Amiga?”Amiga means "friend" in Spanish, but at the youth center, it meant a lady to take you places.I never asked myself if two people as different as Miss and me could ever really be amigas.When Jacinta Juarez is paired...
Age Range: 10 and up
Grade Level: 5 - 6
Lexile Measure: 0510
Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Candlewick; First Edition edition (September 8, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0763672351
ISBN-13: 978-0763672355
Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 1.1 x 8.1 inches
Amazon Rank: 959056
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I read this book almost three years ago and still can't get Jacinta's story out of my head. In fact, in the current climate, I think about her more and more. I teach in an educator-preparation program where many of our candidates find positions in sc...
h, famous mentor, she is swept away from the diapers and dishes of her own daily life into a world of new experiences. But crossing la linea into Miss’s world is scary. Half of Jacinta aches for the comfort of Mamá and the familiar safety of the barrio, while the other half longs to embrace a future that offers more than cleaning stuff for white people. When her family is torn apart, Jacinta needs to bring the two halves of herself together to win back everything she's lost. Can she channel the power she’s gained from her mentor and the strength she’s inherited from Mamá to save her shattered home life?