Starting Over in Sunset Park

By Lynn McGee and Jose Pelaez

Book Overview

Jessica and her mom, Camila, must live in their cousins' crowded apartment until Camila finds work making holiday decorations and they can afford their own place. Isolated on the playground and baffled in class, unable to understand her teacher's instructions, Jessica is intensely homesick. But little by little, things get better. She begins to learn English, and she loves the cats she and her mom care for to earn extra money. Left behind by traveling owners, the cats make the best of their situation, inspiring Jessica to do the same.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0884488446
• ISBN13: 9780884488446
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.0" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5