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Becoming Kid Quixote : a true story of belonging in America  Cover Image Book Book

Becoming Kid Quixote : a true story of belonging in America / Sarah Sierra and Stephen Haff.

Sierra, Sarah, (author.). Haff, Stephen, 1965- (Added Author).

Summary:

A young readers' companion to the adult novel Kid Quixotes by Stephen Haff. Narrated by one extraordinary ten-year-old girl, this inspiring memoir tells the story of a daughter of Mexican American immigrants who finds her voice through the power of words and performance of Cervantes' Don Quixote. When a shy girl named Sarah Sierra first joins an after-school program in her neighborhood, she never expects to travel back in time and discover the words of Miguel de Cervantes. But at Still Waters in a Storm, a teacher named Stephen and a group of kids have pushed together tables piled high with books so they can gather round to talk about and translate Cervantes' classic, Don Quixote de La Mancha. They begin to reimagine Don Quixote--the story of an idealistic dreamer from Spain who traveled around trying to right the world's wrongs--as the story of a group of modern-day kids from immigrant families in Brooklyn. The stories the kids write in class become a musical play--expressing the plight of today's immigrants and using Quixote as inspiration. And Sarah, once very shy, soon will play the leading role as Kid Quixote.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062943262
  • ISBN: 006294326X
  • Physical Description: 215 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York, NY Harpercollins Childrens Books 2020.

Content descriptions

Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.9 5 514873.
Subject: Sierra, Sarah > Juvenile literature.
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Don Quixote.
Mexican Americans > Juvenile literature.
Immigrants > Juvenile literature.
Children of immigrants > Juvenile literature.

Available copies

  • 5 of 5 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 3 of 3 copies available at Cass County.

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  • 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cass County Library-Harrisonville J 973.0468 SIE 2020 (Text) 0002205640150 Juvenile Non-Fiction Available -
Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center J 973.0468 SIE 2020 (Text) 0002205640143 Juvenile Non-Fiction Available -
Cass County Library-Pleasant Hill J 973.0468 SIE 2020 (Text) 0002205640135 Juvenile Non-Fiction Available -


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