Dancing Home
Product Description: Mexico may be her parents' home, but it's certainly not Margie's. She has finally convinced the other kids at school she is one-hundred percent American — just like them. But when her Mexican cousin Lupe visits, the image she's created for herself crumbles. Things aren't easy for Lupe, either. Mexico hadn't felt like home since her father went North to find work. Lupe, as much as Margie, is in need of a friend. Little by little, the girls' individual steps find the rhythm of one shared dance, and they learn what "home" really means.
Culture/Community: Mexican / Mexican American
Heritage & History: Hispanic Heritage and History
Themes for Middle Grade/YA: Music and Dance, Strong Girls and Women, Bicultural Kids, Identity, Immigration, Journeys
Genre: Fiction
Format: Novel
Audiobook: No
Age Level: Middle Grade
Book Series: Immigrant Stories: Books for Middle Grades, School Tales for Middle Grades, Family Stories for Middle Grades and Young Adults: Hispanic Heritage
9781416900887