All year long, Chico’s family moves up and down the state of California to pick fruits and vegetables. Every September, Chico starts at a new school. Often, the other kids pick on him — maybe because he’s always new, or maybe because he speaks Spanish sometimes. But third grade promises to be different. He likes his teacher, and she recognizes his excellent abilities in math — he may even get to go to the math fair! When some fourth-grade bullies tease him, he surprises them with strengths of his own.
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- ISBN: 9781584300458
- Author: Perez, L. King
- Published: 2002 , Lee & Low Books
- Themes: Acceptance, Farm workers, School
- Descriptors: Latinx in US, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction, United States
- No. of pages: 32