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How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay
(Tia Lola Stories #1)
Author
Publication Date
August 13, 2002
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction / 4th − 5th
Language
English
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Description
Moving to Vermont after his parents split, Miguel has plenty to worry about. Tia Lola, his quirky, "carismatica, " and maybe magical aunt makes his life even more unpredictable when she arrives from the Dominican Republic to help out his Mami.
Publication date
August 13, 2002
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780440418702
Lexile Measure
800
Publisher
Yearling Books
Series
Tia Lola Stories
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV013030 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
JUV013020 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Marriage & Divorce
JUV013030 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
JUV013020 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Marriage & Divorce
Publishers Weekly
PW called this story of a nine-year-old boy and his younger sister attempting to adjust after their move from New York City to Vermont in the wake of their parents' divorce "alternately affecting and treacly." Ages 8-12. (Aug.)
Kirkus
Julia Alvarez
Julia Alvarez es la autora galardonada de De cómo las muchachas García perdieron el acento y En el tiempo de las mariposas. Sus muy elogiados libros para lectores jóvenes incluyen Las huellas secretas, Un regalo de gracias, la serie de la tía Lola, En busca de milagros y Devolver al remitente. Alvarez ha recibido varios premios por sus obras, incluyendo el Pura Belpré Award y el Américas Award por sus libros infantiles, el Hispanic Heritage Award en Literatura y el F. Scott Fitzgerald Award por su Logro Destacado en la Literatura Americana. En 2013 fue premiada con la Medalla Nacional de las Artes de Estados Unidos por el presidente Obama. Es una escritora residente en Middlebury College y, junto con su esposo Bill Eichner, estableció Alta Gracia, un centro literario y finca sostenible de café en la República Dominicana.
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
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Nominee 2006 - 2006
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