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Gr 4–6—Twelve-year-old Cassandra did not expect to spend her summer living in Palo Duro Canyon participating in a nature volunteer program, but that's the reality she faces when her mother's work in Europe requires her to spend the summer with her father, who does carpentry for the park. Cassandra meets two Mexican American boys, Xavier and Hector, and immediately assumes that Xavier must have gang affiliations because he has tattoos, wears "intimidating" clothes, and has a "hard, menacing" face. Using the journal her mother provided, Cassandra scribbles clues and conclusions...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Twelve-year-old Cassie is dismayed to be spending the summer with her dad in rural Texas. She repeatedly makes assumptions about thos...Log In or Sign Up to Read More