In a satisfying finale to her trilogy, Newbery Medalist Meg Medina
follows Merci Suárez into an eighth-grade year full of changes--evolving
friendships, new responsibilities, and heartbreaking loss.
For Merci Suárez, eighth grade means a new haircut, nighttime football
games, and an out-of-town overnight field trip. At home, it means more
chores and keeping an eye on Lolo as his health worsens. It's a year
filled with more responsibility and independence, but also with
opportunities to reinvent herself. Merci has always been fine with not
being one of the popular kids like Avery Sanders, who will probably be
the soccer captain and is always traveling to fun places and buying new
clothes. But then Avery starts talking to Merci more, and not just as a
teammate. Does this mean they're friends? Merci wants to play it cool,
but with Edna always in her business, it's only a matter of time before
Merci has to decide where her loyalty stands. Whether Merci is facing
school drama or changing family dynamics, readers will empathize as she
discovers who she can count on--and what can change in an instant--in
Meg Medina's heartfelt conclusion to the trilogy that began with the
Newbery Medal-winning novel.