School visits? Visit the Author Village to book Meg. Séptimo grado va a ser todo un desafío para Merci Suárez: los maestros son más estrictos, las amistades son más complicadas y su familia es todavía bueno, ellos. Posted about my SAB listing a few weeks ago about not showing up in search only when you entered the exact name. See more of Meg’s biography at The Author Village: In Meg Medina’s follow-up to her Newbery Medalwinning novel, Merci takes on seventh grade, with all its travails of friendship, family, loveand finding your rhythm. When she’s not writing or community organizing, you’ll find her playing with her dog, chowing down Milk Duds, or salsa dancing. Meg lives with her family in Richmond, Virginia. For Merci Suárez, eighth grade means a new haircut, nighttime football games, and an out-of-town overnight field trip. Today, she writes the kinds of stories she would have wanted to have as kid. In a satisfying finale to her trilogy, Newbery Medalist Meg Medina follows Merci Suárez into an eighth-grade year full of changesevolving friendships, new responsibilities, and heartbreaking loss. Meg was a lifelong reader, but it wasn’t until she was in her twenties, when she picked up House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, that she saw herself and her life experiences on the written page. She grew up in a Spanish-speaking household filled with aunts, uncles, and grandparents, all of whom were tireless storytellers. “Born in Alexandria, Virginia and raised by her mother in Queens, New York, Meg was the first natural American citizen in her family.
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