How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay (Tia Lola Stories #1)
by Julia Alvarez (Author)
A delightfully entertaining story of family and culture from acclaimed author Julia Alvarez. Moving to Vermont after his parents split, Miguel has plenty to worry about! Tía Lola, his quirky, carismática, and maybe magical aunt makes his life even more unpredictable when she arrives from the Dominican Republic to help out his Mami. Like her stories for adults, Julia Alvarez's first middle-grade book sparkles with magic as it illuminates a child's experiences living in two cultures.
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Publishers Weekly
PW called this story of a nine-year-old boy and his younger sister attempting to adjust after their move from New York City to Vermont in the wake of their parents' divorce "alternately affecting and treacly." Ages 8-12. (Aug.)
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"Like all good stories, this one incorporates a lesson just subtle enough that readers will forget they're being taught, but in the end will understand themselves, and others, a little better, regardless of the la lengua nativa - the mother tongue. Simple, bella, un regalo permanente simple and beautiful, a gift that will stay."-Kirkus Reviews
Julia Alvarez
Julia Alvarez es la autora galardonada de De cómo las muchachas García perdieron el acento y En el tiempo de las mariposas. Sus muy elogiados libros para lectores jóvenes incluyen Las huellas secretas, Un regalo de gracias, la serie de la tía Lola, En busca de milagros y Devolver al remitente. Alvarez ha recibido varios premios por sus obras, incluyendo el Pura Belpré Award y el Américas Award por sus libros infantiles, el Hispanic Heritage Award en Literatura y el F. Scott Fitzgerald Award por su Logro Destacado en la Literatura Americana. En 2013 fue premiada con la Medalla Nacional de las Artes de Estados Unidos por el presidente Obama. Es una escritora residente en Middlebury College y, junto con su esposo Bill Eichner, estableció Alta Gracia, un centro literario y finca sostenible de café en la República Dominicana.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780440418702
Lexile Measure
800
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Yearling Books
Publication date
August 20, 2002
Series
Tia Lola Stories
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV013030 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
JUV013020 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Marriage & Divorce
JUV013030 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
JUV013020 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Marriage & Divorce
Library of Congress categories
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Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
Nominee 2006 - 2006
