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Genre/Form: | Young adult fiction Teen fiction Fiction Juvenile works Young adult works Juvenile fiction Romans, nouvelles, etc Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse |
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Material Type: | Elementary and junior high school, Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Diana López |
ISBN: | 9780316029551 0316029556 9780545242042 0545242045 9780316029568 0316029564 |
OCLC Number: | 245019931 |
Awards: | Winner of William Allen White Childens Book Award (Grades 6-8) 2012 Commended for Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature (Children/Young Adult) 2010 Short-listed for Nevada Young Readers' Award (Intermediate) 2012 |
Description: | 198 pages ; 20 cm |
Contents: | 27-pound egg -- Egg therapy -- Don't put your eggs in one basket -- Cascarones for sale -- Vinegar stinks up the house -- Papas con huevos -- Scrambled eggs for brains -- Cascarones war -- Fragile as eggshells -- Cascarones factory -- Rotten eggs -- Egg on my face -- Egg under the bed -- The best-looking egghead -- Eat quiche -- Kidnapped eggs -- Stubborn as a hard-boiled egg -- A soggy egg salad sandwich -- Ms. Humpty Dumpty -- Love eggs -- Dancing on eggshells -- No eggs to paint -- Don't count your chickens before they hatch -- Confetti rain. |
Responsibility: | by Diana López. |
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"Employing lovely metaphors and realistic dialogue, adult author Lopez (Sofia's Saints) delicately displays the power of optimism and innovation during difficult times." -- Publishers Weekly "An appealing coming-of-age novel...Local idioms of Spanish proverbs -- dichos -- used as chapter headings enlighten both characters and readers." -- Kirkus Reviews "Lopez effectively portrays the Texas setting and the characters' Latino heritage...This debut novel puts at its center a likable girl facing realistic problems on her own terms." -- Booklist "Like the colorful cascarones Lopez writes about, Confetti Girl is bursting with heartwarming cheer." -- Grace Lin, author of The Year of the Dog "A great set of characters and a fantastic story: the dichos, sayings or adages meant to shed some light on a situation, to teach a lesson, to encourage wisdom. If that's the case, then here's mine for this wonderful novel: Un libro sin abrir es una vida sin sabor (A book unread is a life unlived). So, live this book. Live its humor, its sadness, and ultimately its great joy." -- Rene Saldana, Jr., author of The Whole Sky Full of Stars, Finding Our Way, and The Jumping Tree "Although Confetti Girl takes on a serious subject matter, it's also about fun, a whole semester's worth, which includes confrontations with the school's most popular boy, a school festival, volleyball, friendship, boy craziness, a quinceanera and trips to the beach - and the counselor's office." -- San Antonio Express-News "Lopez weaves Lina's bilingual and bicultural upbringing into the narrative seamlessly, giving young Latina readers an added element to connect with." -- El Paso Times "Like a cascaron, Lina's life is full of colorful people and events, and you will want to read about every single one of them in this witty, honest novel." -- TIME for Kids , "Summer Splash" 2009 Read more...
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A delightful story!
Delightful story about Apolinia, a girl who collects socks and is dealing with having a crush on a girl at school. Humorous!
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