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Author:

Cartaya, Pablo.

Title:

Marcus Vega doesn't speak Spanish : a novel / Pablo Cartaya.

Publisher:

Puffin Books

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

249, 19 pages ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Down syndrome--Juvenile fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Absentee fathers--Juvenile fiction.
Puerto Ricans--Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and sons--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Juvenile fiction.
Middle schools--Juvenile fiction.
Schools--Fiction.
Family life--Fiction.
People with mental disabilities--Juvenile fiction.

Notes:

Includes an excerpt from the author's Each tiny spark. Includes "A discussion guide to Pablo Cartaya" with discussion questions and extension activities for the author's first three novels.

Summary:

After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mother takes him and his younger brother with Down syndrome to Puerto Rico to visit relatives, and while there Marcus starts searching for his father, who left their family ten years ago and is somewhere on the island.

ISBN:

1101997281
9781101997284

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