Sundays were sad, but they went just as sure as they came. The smell of her old lady perfume invades the house. Chela’s grandmother moves in to help the family. But that universe is threatened when her strong father has a stroke. It’s a small world, but it’s the only one she fits in. To Chela, her family is like a solar system, with her father the sun and her mother, brothers, and sister like planets rotating all around him. She buries herself in schoolwork and in the warm comfort of her family. But nothing is as she imagined-her best friend turns on her to join the popular girls and they all act like Chela doesn’t exist. Chela Gonzalez, the book’s narrator, is a nerd and a soccer player who can barely contain her excitement about starting the sixth grade. Claudia Guadalupe Martinez’s debut novel for young adults is a bittersweet story about death, family, and the resilient emotional strength of the human heart.
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