In this eventful year, Merci encounters bullying, feeling out of place because her private-school classmates can buy things her lower middle class family cannot, family responsibilities that keep her from trying out for sports teams (despite her athletic ability), and facing Lolo’s decline. All the older people in Merci’s extended family-all of whom live in three small adjacent houses they call Las Casitas-seem to know what’s going on but won’t tell her. Most ominous of all, though, are the changes in Merci’s beloved grandfather, Lolo, who forgets more and more, and now has begun to act strangely-fighting with loved ones and wandering off into traffic. Merci’s older brother Roli has his driver’s license and will soon be leaving for college. There’s a new boy in class, just moved to South Florida from Minnesota, and Merci has been assigned to be his Welcome Buddy, but wealthy, popular classmate Edna Santos has set her sights on him. It’s the beginning of Mercedes (Merci) Suarez’s sixth grade year, and right away she notices big changes. Review Source: De Colores: The Raza Experience in Books for Children
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