A Kirkus Reviews Most Anticipated Book of 2021 In Meg Medina\'s follow-up to her Newbery Medal-winning novel, Merci takes on seventh grade, with all its travails of friendship, family, love--and finding your rhythm.
She used to talk about everything with her grandfather, Lolo, but with his Alzheimer\'s getting worse each day, whom can she trust to help her make sense of all the new things happening in her life? The Su rez family.
Unfortunately, Merci can\'t seem to avoid love or Dance for very long.
Dancing makes her almost as queasy as love does, especially now that T a In s, her merengue-teaching aunt, has a new man in her life.
One thing is for sure, though: Merci Su rez can\'t dance--not at the Heart Ball or anywhere else.
And she\'s tangling again with classmate Edna Santos, who is bossier and more obnoxious than ever now that she is in charge of the annual Heart Ball.
She\'s been assigned to co-manage the tiny school store with Wilson Bellevue, a boy she barely knows, but whom she might actually like.
Ellis, who expects her to be a smart as her brother, Roli.
For science she\'s got no-nonsense Mr.
Seventh grade is going to be a real trial for Merci Su rez.
A Kirkus Reviews Most Anticipated Book of 2021 In Meg Medina\'s follow-up to her Newbery Medal-winning novel, Merci takes on seventh grade, with all its travails of friendship, family, love--and finding your rhythm.
She used to talk about everything with her grandfather, Lolo, but with his Alzheimer\'s getting worse each day, whom can she trust to help her make sense of all the new things happening in her life? The Su rez family is back in a touching, funny story about growing up and discovering love\'s many forms, including how we learn to love and believe in ourselves.
Unfortunately, Merci can\'t seem to avoid love or Dance for very long.
Dancing makes her almost as queasy as love does, especially now that T a In s, her merengue-teaching aunt, has a new man in her life.
One thing is for sure, though: Merci Su rez can\'t dance--not at the Heart Ball or anywhere else.
And she\'s tangling again with classmate Edna Santos, who is bossier and more obnoxious than ever now that she is in charge of the annual Heart Ball.
She\'s been assigned to co-manage the tiny school store with Wilson Bellevue, a boy she barely knows, but whom she might actually like.
Ellis, who expects her to be a smart as her brother, Roli.
For science she\'s got no-nonsense Mr.
Seventh grade is going to be a real trial for Merci Su rez.
A Kirkus Reviews Most Anticipated Book of 2021 In Meg Medina\'s follow-up to her Newbery Medal-winning novel, Merci takes on seventh grade, with all its travails of friendship, family, love--and finding your rhythm
