Flora la Fresca & the Art of Friendship
Flora la Fresca & the Art of Friendship Hardcover – July 18, 2023
by Veronica Chambers (Author), Sujean Rim (Illustrator)
From an NYT bestselling author comes the first in an illustrated middle grade series about a Panamanian American girl who uses humor and a little mischief to navigate her best friend moving away and her sister’s overbearing and all-consuming quince preparations.
Flora Violeta LeFevre, aka Flora "la Fresca" (so called because she tells it like it is, occasionally to her parents' chagrin) can always count on her best friend Clara Ocampo Londra to turn anything-from a day at the skate park to dreaded Saturday Spanish school into an exciting adventure. But amidst Flora's personal nightmare that is her sister Maylin's never-ending dress try-ons and dance practices for her upcoming quinceañera, news breaks that Clara's moving, and Flora doesn't know how she'll survive without her. The girls quickly roll up their sleeves and use their larger-than-life imaginations to make the most of each passing day together. But things get complicated when Clara moves and starts making new friends, an unlikely alliance blossoms between Flora and a new student, and preparations for Maylin's quince take a disastrous (but hilarious) turn.
Publisher: Dial Books (July 18, 2023)
Language: English
Hardcover: 272 pages
ISBN-10: 052555629X
ISBN-13: 978-0525556299
Reading age: 8 - 12 years
Lexile measure: 800L
Grade level: 3 - 7
Item Weight: 10.2 ounces
Dimensions: 5.31 x 0.94 x 7.25 inches
