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Resau, Laura

Star in the Forest

151 pp. | Delacorte | March, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-0-385-73792-0 $14.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-385-90700-2 $17.99
(2) 4-6 When her illegal-immigrant father is deported back to Mexico, eleven-year-old Zitlally withdraws. She slowly builds trust with outcast Crystal and with a pathetic chained-up dog that she names Star. This novel's topic, unusually gritty for its second- to fifth-grade audience, springs from situations that illegal immigrants face daily. Resau gives her protagonist a lyrical voice and outlook. An author's note is included. Glos.
Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2010

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