Marcus Vega doesn't speak Spanish
(2018)
By:
Cartaya, Pablo
Fiction
Book
Call Numbers:
Y/FICTION/CARTAYA,P
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York, New York : Viking, 2018
EDITION
[Various editions]
DESCRIPTION
249 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781101997260 (hardcover), 1101997265 (hardcover), 9781101997284
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Also published: New York : Puffin Books, 2019. 249, 19 pages, 8 unnumbered pages [Includes "A Discussion Guide to Pablo Cartaya."]
After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mother takes him and his younger brother, who has Down syndrome, to Puerto Rico to visit relatives they do not remember or have never met, and while there Marcus starts searching for his father, who left their family ten years ago and is somewhere on the island
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