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Reviewed on January 24, 2020 | Picture Books
Gr 2–4—Nothing was the same since Papi was taken from his work. He had not done anything wrong, he just did not have papers. Siblings Maricela and Manuel try to adjust. However, life starts to change. Mom has to find another job that pays better, the family of three moves in with relatives to lower their cost of living, and the children switch schools. One thing returns: the full orange moon that Maricela and her dad saw the last night they were together. The author, a third-generation Latina and UCLA's Emeritus Professor of the Department of Social...Log In or Sign Up to Read More