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Srta. Quinces

Kat Fajardo

Fifteen-year-old Suyapa, known as Sue, wants to spend the summer at camp reading and making comics with her friends. Instead, she travels with her parents and two sisters to rural Honduras, where a quinceañera awaits. The graphic novel follows Sue’s reluctance to take part in the celebration as she confronts the distance between what she wants and the cultural tradition her family has brought her to observe. Her summer becomes a coming-of-age experience centered on accepting herself and engaging with that tradition.

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Themes
Cultural Heritage · Family · Growing Up · Self Acceptance
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc.
Published
May 3, 2022
ISBN-13
9781338535655
Language
English
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