| Dreams of Significant Girls Contributor(s): Garcia, Cristina (Author) |
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ISBN: 1416979204 ISBN-13: 9781416979203 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2010002585 |
| Lexile Measure: 850 |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 5.84" W x 8.37" (0.77 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Friendship - Sex & Gender - Girl's Interest - Cultural Region - Central Europe - Chronological Period - 1970's - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 147663 Reading Level: 6.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Brought together each summer at a boarding school in Switzerland, three girls learn a lot more than just French and European culture. Shirin, an Iranian princess; Ingrid, a German-Canadian eccentric; and Vivien, a Cuban-Jewish New Yorker culinary phenom, are thrown into eachother's lives when they become roommates. This is a story of 3 paths slowly beginning to cross and merge as they spend the year apart, but the summers together. Through navigating the social-cultural shoals of the school, developing their adolescence, and learning the confusing and conflicting legacies of their families' past, Shirin, Ingrid, and Vivien form an unbreakable bond. Like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, this story takes readers on a journey into the lives of very different girls and the bonds that keep them friends. |
Contributor Bio(s): Garcia, Cristina: - Cristina García is the author of six novels, including the National Book Award finalist Dreaming in Cuban; children's books; anthologies; and poetry. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Whiting Writers' Award, among other honors, and is currently University Chair in Creative Writing at Texas State University-San Marcos. Visit her website at CristinaGarciaNovelist.com. |