SuitabookFriendship across different circumstances
Lily and Salma meet through Lily’s lost blind dog and develop a friendship while painting bee boxes for Lily’s grandfather.
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Cynthia Lord - Author
This is a friendship story set against seasonal migrant work, with dogs, family involvement and a local pageant providing the setting for encounters with prejudice and unequal social experiences.
When her blind dog slips his collar, twelve-year old Lily meets Salma Santiago, a young Hispanic girl whose migrant family are in Maine for the blueberry-picking season, and, based partly on their mutual love of dogs, the two forge a friendship while painting bee boxes for Lily's grandfather--but as the Blueberry Queen pageant approaches Lily and Selma are confronted with some of the hard truths of prejudice and migrant life. Twelve-year-old Lily befriends Salma, a Hispanic girl whose family is in Maine for blueberry picking season, but as a local pageant approaches, the girls are confronted with the hard truths of prejudice and migrant life.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a friendship story set against seasonal migrant work, with dogs, family involvement and a local pageant providing the setting for encounters with prejudice and unequal social experiences.
Lily and Salma meet through Lily’s lost blind dog and develop a friendship while painting bee boxes for Lily’s grandfather.
The book brings prejudice and migrant life into a child-centred story. Consider whether your child would value talking about unfair treatment, cultural difference and the ways communities include or exclude people.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; another book-specific source is still needed.
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