I Wanna Be Your Shoebox by Cristina Garcia
Because Yumi Ru z-Hirsch has grandparents from Japan, Cuba, and Brooklyn, her mother calls her a poster child for the twenty-first century. Yumi would laugh if only her life wasn't getting as complicated as her heritage. All of a sudden she's starting eighth grade with a girl who collects tinfoil and a boy who dresses like a squid. Her mom's found a new boyfriend, and her punk-rock father still can't sell a song. She's losing her house; she's losing her school orchestra. And worst of all she's losing her grandfather Saul. Yumi wishes everything could stay the same. But as she listens to Saul tell his story, she learns that nobody ever asks you if you're ready for life to happen. It just happens. The choice is either to sit and watch or to join the dance. National Book Award finalist Cristina Garc a's first middle-grade novel celebrates the chaotic, crazy, and completely amazing patchwork that makes up our lives.
Cristina Garcia was born in Havana and grew up in New York City. Her first novel, Dreaming in Cuban, was nominated for a National Book Award and had been widely translated. Ms. Garcia has been a Guggenheim Fellow, a Hodder Fellow at Princeton University, and the recipient of a Whiting Writer's Award. She lives in Santa Monica with her daughter, Pilar.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781416979043 |
| ISBN 10 | 1416979042 |
| Title | I Wanna Be Your Shoebox |
| Author | Cristina Garcia |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon And Schuster Books For Young Readers |
| Year published | 2009-09-22 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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