Merci Suárez Changes Gears
Merci Suárez Changes Gears
Synopsis
Merci Suárez knew sixth grade would be different, but not this different. She's never quite fit in at her private school in Florida — she and her older brother Roli are scholarship students who do extra community service to cover their tuition, and they don't have a big house or a boat like their classmates. When bossy Edna Santos decides Merci is a rival for the attention of the new boy, Merci becomes her target.
At home, things are shifting too. Merci's grandfather Lolo, her closest ally, has started forgetting things, losing his temper, and falling from his bike — and no one in her family will tell her why. Merci Suárez Changes Gears follows one girl piecing together a year of change largely on her own, in the first book of the Merci Suárez trilogy.
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Genres
Characters
Merci SuárezProtagonist
Sixth-grade scholarship student navigating school and family change.
Edna SantosAntagonist
A classmate who targets Merci out of jealousy.
RoliSupporting
Merci's older brother, also a scholarship student.
Subjects
Edition
Merci Suárez Changes GearsUnknown, 2020National Geographic BooksLanguage: EnglishISBN: 9781536212587
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Frequently asked questions
Is Merci Suárez Changes Gears part of a series?
Yes, it's the first book in the Merci Suárez trilogy, followed by Merci Suárez Can't Dance and Merci Suárez Plays It Cool.