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Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish
by Pablo Cartaya
Ages: 12+
Published: 2018
Publisher: Viking/PRH
ISBN: 978-1-10199-726-0
Keywords: Bullying, Divorce, Down Syndrome, Diversity, Puerto Rico
After getting suspended for fighting, Marcus, Puerto Rican by birth but with few connections to his heritage, is taken by his mother to Puerto Rico to meet his father and his family there.