Srta. Quinces

Title :

Srta. Quinces / Kat Fajardo ; con color de Mariana Azzi ; Spanish translation edited by María Domínguez and Abel Berriz.

Title:

Srta. Quinces

Varying Form of Title:

Señorita Quinces

Author:

Fajardo, Kat, 1991-

Format:

Books

Physical Description:

234 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm

ISBN:

9781338535655

Production / Publication Information:

New York, NY : Graphix, un sello editorial de Scholastic, [2022]

General Note:

Chiefly illustrations.

Summary:

"Sue just wants to spend the summer reading and making comics at sleepaway camp with her friends, but instead she gets stuck going to Honduras to visit relatives with her parents and two sisters. The trip takes a turn for the worse when Sue's mother announces that they'll be having a surprise quinceañera for Sue, which is the last thing she wants. She can't imagine wearing a big, floofy, colorful dress! What is Sue going to do? And how will she survive all this 'quality' time with her rambunctious family?"--

Language:

Spanish

Added Author:

Domínguez, María

Berriz, Abel

Genre:

Spanish language materials.

Graphic novels.

Geographic Term:

Honduras -- Fiction.

Subject Term:

Girls -- Fiction.

Quinceañera (Social custom) -- Fiction.

Coming of age -- Fiction.

Family life -- Fiction.

Honduran Americans -- Fiction.

Spanish language materials.

Graphic novels.

Holds: Copies:

Available:*

Material Type	Library	Call Number	Item Barcode	Location
Book	Searching... Haverhill Public Library	SPANISH/J/COMIX/FAJARDO	31479007591349	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Lawrence Public Library	SP J FIC FAJ GRAPHIC NOVEL	31549004935200	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Lawrence Public Library	SP J FIC FAJ GRAPHIC NOVEL	31549004982558	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Methuen - Nevins Memorial Library	J-PB GRAPHIC FAJ (SPANISH)	31548003423390	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Middleton - Flint Public Library	J PB FAJ/ GRAPHIC/ SPANISH	32126001863252	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Rising star Kat Fajardo's debut middle-grade graphic novel about a girl who would rather do anything other than celebrate her quinceañera!

Sue solo quiere pasar el verano leyendo y haciendo cómics en el campamento con sus amigos, pero en lugar de eso se embarca con sus padres y sus dos hermanas en un viaje a Honduras a visitar a la familia, que vive en medio del campo, ¡así que no podrá mandar mensajes y no tendrá cable ni internet! Las cosas empeoran cuando la mamá de Sue anuncia que le harán una quinceañera sorpresa a la chica, aunque esto es lo último que ella desearía. ¡No se imagina vistiendo un vestido enorme, abultado y colorido! ¿Qué podrá hacer? ¿Cómo sobrevivirá todo este tiempo con sus revoltosos familiares?

Sue just wants to spend the summer reading and making comics at sleepaway camp with her friends, but instead she gets stuck going to Honduras to visit relatives with her parents and two sisters. They live way out in the country, which means no texting, no cable, and no Internet! The trip takes a turn for the worse when Sue's mother announces that they'll be having a surprise quinceañera for Sue, which is the last thing she wants. She can't imagine wearing a big, floofy, colorful dress! What is Sue going to do? And how will she survive all this "quality" time with her rambunctious family?

Reviews (1)

Horn Book Review

All Sue (Suyapa Yisel to her family) Gutierrez wants to do this summer is hang out with her Comics Club buddies at Camp Willow. But her overprotective mom has planned a family trip to Honduras to see Abuelita Rita and celebrate Sue's quinceanera -- a party she never asked for and would rather skip. Feeling doomed to a boring and uninspiring summer, Sue finds that spending time with her abuelita, an artist herself, is anything but dull. Rita's consejos -- advice, wisdom, and family stories -- help Sue gain a new closeness to her family and learn to cherish cultural traditions. With the coming-of-age ceremony, she resolves to "be braver and embrace [her] true colors," adapting the longstanding tradition in a way that lets it remain relevant to her own life. Fajardo's deft graphic-novel paneling and expressive use of line and Azzi's color palette of cool blues and pinks convey the complexity and full range of Sue's feelings, both in important moments and in more mundane ones. An author's note, additional information about quinceaneras, and photographs are appended. Lettycia Terrones May/June 2022 p.143(c) Copyright 2022. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.