![]() ![]() The realistic portrayal of a complex young Latina's life is one many readers will relate to as she discovers that change can be hard, but it's the ride that matters. ![]() What's worse, Merci can't even talk to her beloved Lolo about all her problems like she used to as he starts acting less and less like himself. Meanwhile, at home, Merci has to watch over her little twin cousins who live close by at Las Casitas, a row of houses belonging to Mami and Papi Abuela and Lolo and Tia, for free, so trying out for the school's soccer team and earning money to buy her dream bike is almost impossible. ![]() Especially when the richest, smartest, most popular girl in school, Edna, who gets to write the sixth grade's social rules and break them, too, seems to like Michael. The novel details her struggles at school and home. Mercedes 'Merci' Surez, the eponymous heroine, is a sixth grade scholarship student at an elite private school in South Florida. So when Merci is assigned to show new kid Michael Clark around as part of her scholarship package at Seaward Pines Academy, it's a problem. Merci Surez Changes Gears is a 2018 children's book (based on a short story from flying lessons and other stories) written by Meg Medina. Not only do upper graders have to switch teachers throughout the day, but playing sports, like Merci loves to do, is seen as babyish and befriending boys is taboo. Meg Medinas honest and straightforward account of adolescence in Merci Suárez Changes Gears makes her the Judy Blume for a new generation of readers. Gr 4–7-Eleven-year-old Merci Suárez is starting sixth grade and everything is changing. ![]()
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