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When Life Gives You Mangos

Kereen Getten

Twelve-year-old Clara lives in Sycamore, a small Jamaican town, where everyone knows she no longer goes near the water. Something happened the previous summer, but Clara cannot remember it, and neither she nor others will discuss it. She has also fallen out with her cousin and former best friend, Gaynah. Other silences surround Clara: rumors about her isolated uncle, and Ms. Gee’s long estrangement from her daughter. When Ms. Gee’s granddaughter Rudy visits, Clara gains a new friend amid these unresolved mysteries.

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Book details

Lexile Text Measure
720L
ATOS Book Level
4.7
AR Interest Level
MG
AR Points
6
Word Count
40492
Fountas & Pinnell Text Level
Q
Themes
Family · Friendship · Home · Mystery And Discovery
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Published
September 15, 2020
Pages
208
ISBN-13
9780593173978
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
  • 2021Fiction for Children
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