Awards and Honors2019 Newbery Medal Winner
2019 NCTE Charlotte Huck Award Honor
ALSC Notable Children's Books - 2019
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - 2019 CCBC Choices 2019 Choice: Fiction for Children
MRLS Cream of the Crop - 2019
CSMCL Best Books - 2018 Booklist Top 10 Sports Books for Youth 2018 Publishers Weekly Best Books - 2018 Kirkus Best Books, Middle-Grade - 2018
NYPL Best Books for Kids - 2018 School Library Journal Best Books - 2018 Horn Book Fanfare - 2018
At school, Merci is the target of a bossy classmate’s jealousy. Things aren’t going well at home, either; Merci’s grandfather, Lolo, has been acting strange lately and no one in the family will tell her why.
Topics Family life. Social issues. Alzheimer’s disease. Middle schools. Hispanic and Latino. Scholarships. Friends. Multigenerational families. Grandfathers.
SRC Level 4.300000
SRC Points 18.000000
Lexile 700L
Trim Size 7 3/4" x 5 1/2"
JLG Span Fall
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2018-09-10
JLG Release Date Nov 2018
Minimum grade 5
Maximum grade 8
Reading level Middle
Format Print
PG Middle Plus (Grades 5-8)
PG Middle Plus
PG Middle Plus (Grades 5-8)
For Grades 5-8
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