• Binding Hardcover
  • 144 pages
  • Type Chapter Book

Con carino, Amalia

Con carino, Amalia

  • Ages 8–12
  • Grades 3–8
  • Fiction or nonfiction Fiction
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Con carino, Amalia

Cuando su mejor amiga Martha se muda lejos, Amalia, estudiante de sexto grado, se siente triste y enojada. El consuelo llega los viernes por la tarde en la cocina de su abuela, donde cocinar, los cuentos, la música y las queridas fotografías familiares le enseñan sobre su herencia mexicoamericana. Al enfrentar una pérdida aún más profunda, Amalia deberá apoyarse en la sabiduría amorosa de su abuela para mantener vivos los lazos que atesora y descubrir su propia fortaleza. Escrita por la reconocida autora Alma Flor Ada junto a Gabriel M. Zubizarreta, esta cálida novela explora la amistad, la familia, el duelo y las tradiciones culturales con ternura y esperanza.

English

Love, Amalia

When Amalia's best friend Martha moves far away, sixth-grader Amalia is heartbroken and angry. Comfort comes on Friday afternoons in her grandmother's kitchen, where cooking, stories, music, and treasured family photographs teach Amalia about her Mexican American heritage. When she suffers an even deeper loss, Amalia must draw on her abuela's loving wisdom to keep cherished connections alive and discover her own strength. Written by acclaimed author Alma Flor Ada with Gabriel M. Zubizarreta, this warm middle-grade novel in Spanish explores friendship, family bonds, grief, and cultural traditions with tenderness and hope.

Details and credits

Author & illustrator Spanish book type and author
Spanish book type
Authentic
Author
Alma Flor Ada / Gabriel M. Zubizarreta
Author origin
Cuba
Book details Type, binding, genre, fiction or nonfiction and more
Type
Chapter Book
Binding
Hardcover
Genre
Realistic Fiction
Fiction or nonfiction
Fiction
Subject
Family
Pages
144
Dimensions
5.59 x 8.35 x .71 (Inches)
Reader fit Ages and grades
Ages
8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Grades
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6-8
Publication details ISBN, publisher and copyright
ISBN
9781442424050
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Copyright
2012