The first 12 participants to register will receive a free copy of the book\, generously purchased by the Friends of the Library. You must attend the book club meeting in order to keep the bo ok.
\nAdditional copies are available for checkout at BPL and on the Libby app.
\nBook Summary: \;
\nMerci Su arez knew that sixth grade would be different\, but she had no idea just&n bsp\;how \;different. For starters\, Merci has never been like the oth er kids at her private school in Florida\, because she and her older broth er\, Roli\, are scholarship students. They don't have a big house or a fan cy boat\, and they have to do extra community service to make up for their free tuition. So when bossy Edna Santos sets her sights on the new boy wh o happens to be Merci's school-assigned Sunshine Buddy\, Merci becomes the target of Edna's jealousy. Things aren't going well at home\, either: Mer ci's grandfather and most trusted ally\, Lolo\, has been acting strangely lately -- forgetting important things\, falling from his bike\, and gettin g angry over nothing. No one in her family will tell Merci what's going on \, so she's left to her own worries\, while also feeling all on her own at school.
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Questions? Em
ail Rachel Bright\, Children's Library Specialist - rbright@bentonvillear.
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