A handful of stars /
Cynthia Lord.
- First edition.
- 184 pages ; 22 cm
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.
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Children of migrant laborers--Juvenile fiction. Hispanic American children--Juvenile fiction. Blind dogs--Juvenile fiction. Grandparent and child--Juvenile fiction. Friendship--Juvenile fiction. Blueberry industry--Juvenile fiction. Migrant labor--Fiction. Hispanic Americans--Fiction. Blind dogs--Fiction. Dogs--Fiction. Grandparents--Fiction. Friendship--Fiction. Blueberry industry--Fiction.