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Each Tiny Spark

Each Tiny Spark

Paperback

$9.99
Each Tiny Spark

About the Book

From award-winning author Pablo Cartaya comes a deeply moving middle grade novel about a daughter and father finding their way back to each other in the face of their changing family and community.

Emilia Torres has a wandering mind. It's hard for her to follow along at school, and sometimes she forgets to do what her mom or abuela asks. But she remembers what matters: a time when her family was whole and home made sense. When Dad returns from deployment, Emilia expects that her life will get back to normal. Instead, it unravels.

Dad shuts himself in the back stall of their family's auto shop to work on an old car. Emilia peeks in on him daily, mesmerized by his welder. One day, Dad calls Emilia over. Then, he teaches her how to weld. And over time, flickers of her old dad reappear. But as Emilia finds a way to repair the relationship with her father at home, her community ruptures with some of her classmates, like her best friend, Gus, at the center of the conflict.

Each Tiny Spark by Pablo Cartaya is a tender story about asking big questions and being brave enough to reckon with the answers.

Product Details

On sale: June 30, 2020
Age: 10 and up
Grade: Grade 5 & Up
Page count: 352 Pages
ISBN: 9780451479747
Reading level: Lexile: 680L | Fountas/Pinnell: V

Author Bio

Pablo Cartaya is an award-winning author, speaker, actor, and educator. In 2018, he received a Pura Belpré Author Honor for his middle grade novel The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora. His second novel, Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish, is available now. Learn more about Pablo at pablocartaya.com and follow him on Twitter @phcartaya.

Reviews

Praise for EACH TINY SPARK:

A Schneider Family Book Award Honor For Middle Grade
A Georgia Children's Book Award


★"A pitch-perfect middle-grade novel that insightfully explores timely topics with authenticity and warmth." 
Kirkus Reviews, starred review

★"[A] layered, culturally rich novel." 
Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Hand to tween fans of realistic fiction."
School Library Journal

"Plenty of kids will relate to [Emilia's] passion and perseverance."
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