by Sarai Gonzalez and Monica Brown (jPB Gonzalez)
The Sarai series are great books to celebrate girl power, as well as learn about diversity and how our uniqueness is what makes us special. The series is actually based on the real life Sarai Gonzalez, who became an overnight sensation after appearing in the music video for Bomba Estereo’s “Soy Yo.” The song was about loving your whole self, even all your flaws.
In the book Sarai in the Spotlight, Sarai finds out the
exciting news that her grandparents and cousins will be moving to her neighborhood.
She also hears the devastating news that her best friend has moved out of state
suddenly for her father’s new job.
Sarai has to learn how to navigate
a new school year as a fourth grader without her best friend. And unfortunately
the unfriendly girls in the school cafeteria are starting to make school pretty
difficult. She has her family close by for support and befriends the quiet new
girl in her class, Christina. However, Christina isn’t like Sarai at all;
Christina is quiet and always writing in her notebook.
When the class talent show comes
around, Sarai is keen to perform. Christina writes her a spoken-word poem and
the two discover that you don’t have to be alike to make a winning team. The
Sarai series is a great set of paperbacks for readers in third through fifth
grade.
(If you enjoy this, you may also
wish to try the Princess Black series by Shannon Hale)
( official Monica Brown
author web site )
Recommended
by Cindy K.
Bennett Martin Public Library — Public Service
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