From award-winning author Pablo Cartaya comes a deeply moving middle grade novel about a daughter and father finding their way back to Each other in the face of their changing family and community.
Each Tiny Spark by Pablo Cartaya is a tender story about asking big questions and being brave enough to reckon with the answers..
But as Emilia finds a way to repair the relationship with her father at home, her community ruptures with some of her classmates, like her best friend, Gus, at the center of the conflict.
And over time, flickers of her old dad reappear.
Then, he teaches her how to weld.
One day, Dad calls Emilia over.
Emilia peeks in on him daily, mesmerized by his welder.
Dad shuts himself in the back stall of their family\'s auto shop to work on an old car.
Instead, it unravels.
When Dad returns from deployment, Emilia expects that her life will get back to normal.
But she remembers what matters: a time when her family was whole and home made sense.
It\'s hard for her to follow along at school, and sometimes she forgets to do what her mom or abuela asks.
A SCHNEIDER FAMILY BOOK AWARD HONOR FOR MIDDLE GRADE Emilia Torres has a wandering mind.
From award-winning author Pablo Cartaya comes a deeply moving middle grade novel about a daughter and father finding their way back to Each other in the face of their changing family and community
