From acclaimed author and translator Elisa Amado and award-winning
illustrator Alfonso Ruano, My Friend is the story of the meaning of
friendship in the life of an immigrant child.
Friendship -- to be known, to be accepted as you are, to feel safe,
especially when you are vulnerable. The girl in this story has recently
arrived in Brooklyn with her family. On her very first day at school she
meets a girl who almost instantly becomes her very best friend. She
feels known, loved and accepted by her. But when she invites her friend
to come for dinner with her family -- a family that feels free to eat
weird food and, even worse, burst into song with their version of a
sentimental classic of longing and homesickness -- something shifts and
she no longer feels safe at all. What will it be like tomorrow at
school?
Award-winning illustrator Alfonso Ruano's art beautifully depicts the
depth of feeling that the friends experience in this story from
acclaimed author and translator Elisa Amado, about how difficult it is
to come from somewhere else and what a difference friendship can make.
Key Text Features
song lyrics
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language
Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.3
Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and
challenges.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3
Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama,
drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts,
words, or actions).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.6
Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are
narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person
narrations.
