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About this book
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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- OL Work ID
- OL20002100W
Subjects
Grandparent and childBlind dogsGrandparentsJuvenile fictionFictionHispanic AmericansFriendshipHispanic American childrenBlueberry industryDogsChildren of migrant laborersMigrant laborJUVENILE NONFICTIONWilliam Allen White award nomineePeople & PlacesLatinos (U.S.)Emigration & ImmigrationSocial Themes