Merci Suárez Changes Gears
『Merci Suárez Changes Gears』は、フロリダの私立校に通うキューバ系アメリカ人の六年生メルシを主人公にした児童文学である。学校での嫉妬や居場所のなさ、祖父の変化に戸惑う家族の時間を、ユーモアと温かさで描く。
作品情報
成長とは、学校のルールだけでなく家族の変化にも向き合うことだ。
奨学生として私立校に通うメルシは、同級生との関係、新しい男子生徒の世話、家庭での祖父の異変に揺れる。自分だけが置いていかれるような感覚を通じ、家族の結びつきと変化を学んでいく。
レビュー要約
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家族のにぎやかさと中学生らしい葛藤の描写が支持されている。深刻な病の気配を扱いながら、語りは重くなりすぎず、主人公の不器用さと優しさを自然に伝える。
書籍情報
- 出版社
- Candlewick
- 発売日
- 2018-09-11
- ページ数
- 368ページ
- 言語
- 英語
- サイズ
- 14.9 x 2.9 x 20.7 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780763690496
- ISBN-10
- 076369049X
- 価格
- 3911 JPY
- カテゴリ
- 洋書/Children's Books/Geography & Cultures/Multicultural Stories/Hispanic & Latino
Winner of the Newbery Medal A New York Times Bestseller Thoughtful, strong-willed sixth-grader Merci Suarez navigates difficult changes with friends, family, and everyone in between in a resonant new novel from Meg Medina. Merci Suarez knew that sixth grade would be different, but she had no idea just how different. For starters, Merci has never been like the other kids at her private school in Florida, because she and her older brother, Roli, are scholarship students. They don’t have a big house or a fancy boat, and they have to do extra community service to make up for their free tuition. So when bossy Edna Santos sets her sights on the new boy who happens to be Merci’s school-assigned Sunshine Buddy, Merci becomes the target of Edna’s jealousy. Things aren't going well at home, either: Merci’s grandfather and most trusted ally, Lolo, has been acting strangely lately — forgetting important things, falling from his bike, and getting angry over nothing. No one in her family will tell Merci what's going on, so she’s left to her own worries, while also feeling all on her own at school. In a coming-of-age tale full of humor and wisdom, award-winning author Meg Medina gets to the heart of the confusion and constant change that defines middle school — and the steadfast connection that defines family.
Meg Medina is the author of the Newbery Medal–winning book Merci Suárez Changes Gears , which was also a 2018 Kirkus Prize finalist. Her young adult novels include Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass , which won the 2014 Pura Belpré Author Award; Burn Baby Burn , which was long-listed for the National Book Award; and The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind . She is also the author of picture books Mango, Abuela, and Me , illustrated by Angela Dominguez, which was a Pura Belpré Author Award Honor Book, and Tía Isa Wants a Car , illustrated by Claudio Muñoz, which won the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award. The daughter of Cuban immigrants, she grew up in Queens, New York, and now lives in Richmond, Virginia.
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You see the struggles of 6th grade: fitting in, differences in economic status, importance of family, coping with others who are mean and selfish, not getting your way Everytime, coping with change, learning about aging, learning compassion, putting others before yourself, the danger of keeping secrets... But aren't those the ongoing lessons of our lives? It's good to learn those earlier than later! Read this because my kid was reading it for battle of the books. But I'd recommend all kids (and most adults) read it! Highly recommend!
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O livro é bom, a história é bem interessante, comprei pro meu filho para utilizar ma escola "Grade 6". A utilização no Kindle é muito prática.
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Super interesante y didáctico 💯💯💯💯💯💯
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This was a lovely book and story. I’ve recommended it to both my kids, boy and girl! I know they’d enjoy it too.
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I bought the book for my son‘s Battle of Book reading club. He not only finished the book, but also wrote a review for it: “There aren’t a lot of chances in Seaward Pines. This is what Merci thinks anyway. She gets selected for a sunshine buddy, though neither Merci nor Michael, now sunshine buddy likes it. Of course, though the inevitable class bully, Edna, steps in and makes fun of Merci for having a boy as a sunshine buddy. Will Merci stay in between Edna’s feet or will she finally gain some free wills?” To find out, read the book.
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