Merci Suárez Changes Gears (Dyslexia-Friendly Edition)

Merci Suárez Changes Gears (Dyslexia-Friendly Edition) - Paperback

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Merci Suárez Changes Gears (Dyslexia-Friendly Edition) - Paperback

Merci Suárez Changes Gears (Dyslexia-Friendly Edition) - Paperback

by Meg Medina
$56.14
$56.14

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by Meg Medina (Author)

Dyslexic Books are specially formatted books for people with dyslexia in the Open Dyslexic font. Some Dyslexic Books features: *bolds the bottom of letters to anchor the words and train the eye across the line *improved spacing between the letters and words *gives letters larger openings. The books are printed on cream paper with black text.

A New York Times bestseller!
Winner of the 2019 Newbery Medal

Thoughtful, strong-willed sixth-grader Merci Suarez navigates difficult changes with friends, family, and everyone in between in a resonant new novel from Meg Medina.

Merci Suarez knew that sixth grade would be different, but she had no idea just how different. For starters, Merci has never been like the other kids at her private school in Florida, because she and her older brother, Roli, are scholarship students. They don't have a big house or a fancy boat, and they have to do extra community service to make up for their free tuition. So when bossy Edna Santos sets her sights on the new boy who happens to be Merci's school-assigned Sunshine Buddy, Merci becomes the target of Edna's jealousy. Things aren't going well at home, either: Merci's grandfather and most trusted ally, Lolo, has been acting strangely lately - forgetting important things, falling from his bike, and getting angry over nothing. No one in her family will tell Merci what's going on, so she's left to her own worries, while also feeling all on her own at school. In a coming-of-age tale full of humor and wisdom, award-winning author Meg Medina gets to the heart of the confusion and constant change that defines middle school - and the steadfast connection that defines family.
Number of Pages: 380
Dimensions: 0.85 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN
Publication Date: August 04, 2026
ISBN9781038736130
Author Meg Medina
PublisherDyslexic Books
GenreChildren
FormatPaperback
PublishedAugust 2026
LanguageENG- English
Pages380
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids
Print SizeStandard Print

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Meg Medina is a former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and the author of the Newbery Medal winner and Kirkus Prize finalist Merci Suárez Changes Gears, as well as its sequels, Merci Suárez Can't Dance and Merci Suárez Plays It Cool. She is the author of the young adult novels Burn Baby Burn, which was long-listed for the National Book Award, short-listed for the Kirkus Prize, and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, winner of a Pura Belpré Author Award; and The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind, a Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year. Her picture books include No More Señora Mimí, illustrated by Brittney Cicchese; Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away, illustrated by Sonia Sánchez; Mango, Abuela, and Me, illustrated by Angela Dominguez, which was both a Pura Belpré Author and Illustrator Award Honor Book; and Tía Isa Wants a Car, illustrated by Claudio Muñoz, which won the Ezra Jack Keats Writer Award. The daughter of Cuban immigrants, Meg Medina lives in Richmond, Virginia.

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