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Merci Suárez Can't Dance (Merci Suárez series)

Meg Medina

Ages: 9+

Published: 2021

Publisher: Candlewick Press

ISBN: 978-0-7636-9050-2

Keywords: family love, coming of age, Alzheimer's Disease, Cuban, Latinx

The travails of a Cuban American seventh grader continue as she negotiates school, friendship, and family. A sequel to 2019 Newbery winner, Merci Suárez Changes Gears.