The other half of happy, by Rebecca Balcárcel
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Subject
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- Texas -- Fiction
- Identity (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction
- Racially mixed families -- Texas -- Juvenile fiction
- Siblings -- Juvenile fiction
- Ethnicity -- Juvenile fiction
- Parent and child -- Fiction
- Family life -- Texas -- Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism
- Racially mixed people -- Fiction
- Identity -- Fiction
- Siblings -- Fiction
- Children's stories
- Racially mixed children -- Texas -- Juvenile fiction
- Parent and child -- Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Adolescence & Coming of Age
- Ethnicity -- Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Disabilities & Special Needs
- Texas -- Juvenile fiction
Content
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Author
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Label
The other half of happy, by Rebecca Balcárcel
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary form
fiction
Main title
The other half of happy
Oclc number
1065959390
Responsibility statement
by Rebecca Balcárcel
Summary
Twelve-year-old Quijana is a biracial girl, desperately trying to understand the changes that are going on in her life; her mother rarely gets home before bedtime, her father suddenly seems to be trying to get in touch with his Guatemalan roots (even though he never bothered to teach Quijana Spanish), she is about to start seventh grade in the Texas town where they live and she is worried about fitting in--and Quijana suspects that her parents are keeping secrets, because she is sure there is something wrong with her little brother, Memito, who is becoming increasingly hard to reach.--, Provided by Publisher
Target audience
pre adolescent
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1