Young Llama Thoughts
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Adventurous
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Christian Friendly
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Easy Reading
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Humerous
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Youth Appropriate
Overall
Review
Merci Suárez Changes Gears is a book about family, making friends and being yourself! With great lessons, interesting characters and a great plot line, this is an amazing book for girls 10 and up.
This book is about Merci, a young girl who feels like she doesn’t fit in anywhere anymore… Family is everything, but sometimes family can be too much! Like when Merci’s mom won’t let her join soccer, or like how she is forced to babysit her twin cousins, or like how her family is hiding something from her about her grandpa. It feels like everything is falling apart too fast at home, at school and everywhere in between…
I enjoyed this book. It was funny and cute, with a great focus on family! The lessons in the book were wonderfully written and the story was fantastic. There are some sad topics. Mention of alzheimers and how it effects a family. There is also bullying in the book. Not any violence, mostly just cruel words and such.
Overall, this is a wonderful read for girls 10 and up! (And it’s a series too!) I totally suggest this novel and I hope you all have a Blessed Day! -The Young Llama Reader.
Pros
- A great book about family!
- Fabulous for girls 10 and up!!!
Cons
- Some sad topics…
Merci Suarez knew that sixth grade would be different, but she had no idea just how different. For starters, Merci has never been like the other kids at her private school in Florida, because she and her older brother, Roli, are scholarship students. They don’t have a big house or a fancy boat, and they have to do extra community service to make up for their free tuition.
So when bossy Edna Santos sets her sights on the new boy who happens to be Merci’s school-assigned Sunshine Buddy, Merci becomes the target of Edna’s jealousy. Things aren’t going well at home, either: Merci’s grandfather and most trusted ally, Lolo, has been acting strangely lately — forgetting important things, falling from his bike, and getting angry over nothing. No one in her family will tell Merci what’s going on, so she’s left to her own worries, while also feeling all on her own at school.
In a coming-of-age tale full of humor and wisdom, award-winning author Meg Medina gets to the heart of the confusion and constant change that defines middle school — and the steadfast connection that defines family.
