Title: The trouble with May Amelia
Author: Jennifer L. Holm
ISBN: 9781416913733
Source: ARC
This book is a sequel to the Newbery Honor winning Our Only May Amelia! This piece of historical fiction is based on events from the author's family history. As a girl growing up in the Washington state wilderness, May Amelia struggles to prove that she can be as valuable to the family as a boy. She is called upon to translate a conversation between her father and a land speculator. The results are disastrous and she fears that her father will never forgive her.
I think that students at my school would especially identify with May Amelia as many of them are the children of immigrants, and are relied upon to translate for their non-English speaking parents.
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