| NOTE |
Accelerated Reader MG 4.5 7 513835 |
| Summary |
Its the summer of 1987, and all ten-year-old Bug wants to do is go to the beach with her older brother and hang out with the locals on the boardwalk. But Danny wants to be with his own friends, and Bugs mom is too busy, so Bug is stuck with their neighbor Philips nephew, Frankie. Bugs not too excited about hanging out with a kid shes never met, but they soon find some common ground. And as the summer unfolds, they find themselves learning some important lessons about each other, and the world. Like what it means to be your true self and how to be a good ally for others. That family can be the people youre related to, but also the people you choose to have around you. And that even though life isnt always fair, we can all do our part to make it more just. |
| Audience |
Ages 8-12. |
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700L Lexile |
| Subject |
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
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Families -- Juvenile fiction.
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Transgender people -- Juvenile fiction.
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Salvadoran Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
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| Genre |
Young adult fiction.
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| Local subject |
Leveled reading level Y.
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| Other title |
Frankie and Bug |
| ISBN |
9781534482531
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1534482539
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