Confetti girl by diana lopez in fb2, rtf, txt download ebook. Even though her house is crammed full of books her dads a bibliophile, shes having trouble figuring out some very big questions, like why her dad seems to care about books more than her, why her best friends divorced mom is obsessed with making cascarones. I had mentioned that i was looking for more multicultural projects, both projects that had very much to do with cultural identity, and other projects that featured main characters of color, but of which. Apolonia lina flores is a sock enthusiast, a volleyball player, a science lover, and a girl whos just looking for answers. Confetti girl paperback may 1, 2010 by diana lopez author 4. Flores dont have the best relationship, they really dont talk, all he focuses on is reading, lina had a best friend named vanessa, vanessa and lina have been best friends since they were. Confetti girl literary analysis lesson plan template and teaching resources. Apolonia lina flores is a brave latina girl trying to restore her life in corpus christi, tex. Remember to use details from both texts to support your ideas. Vanessas parents have divorced and her mother spends her days making cascarones, a traditional mexican goodluck craft made of eggshells and filled with confetti, which become the books central metaphor. Diana lopez, author of confetti girl, choke, ask my mood ring how i feel and nothing up my sleeve. It was published by little, brown books for young readers and has a total of 208 pages in the book. Apolonia lina flores is a sock enthusiast, a volleyball player, a science lover, and a. The book is centered around a girl, who struggles with common girl problems, all while.
What attitude does the narrator of confetti girl reveal when she uses the book as a coaster in paragraph 34. Says school library journal, the narrative poems in free verse capture the rhythms and uniqueness of the southwest and its culture as seen through the eyes of a mexicanamerican girl. Emma and jannie eat and cook healthy food and fried chicken funny food toys video for kids duration. Even though her house is crammed full of books her dads a bibliophile, shes having trouble figuring out some very big questions, like why her dad seems to care about books. Confetti 1 colorful falling paper dots motion background video loop duration. Flores dont have the best relationship, they really dont talk, all he focuses on is reading, lina had a best friend named vanessa, vanessa and lina have been best friends since they were younger. Author diana lopez introduces confetti girl and shares her inspiration for the book.
Grace lin, author of the year of the dog a great set of characters and a fantastic story. Whenever i need company, i open a book and there they arenew friends, old friends, friends i love to hate, and friends i love to love. Linas frustration grows as she discovers the vicissitudes. Find books like confetti girl from the worlds largest community of readers. Linas frustration grows as she discovers the vicissitudes of the first love and that happiness can be as fragile as an eggshell. Who are the main characters in the book confetti girl. How do these paragraph contribute to an understanding of both narrators. After the death of her mother, seventhgrader linas grades and mood drop as she watches her father lose himself more and more in books. I had mentioned that i was looking for more multicultural projects, both projects that had very much to do with cultural identity, and other projects that featured main.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading confetti girl. Although confetti girl takes on a serious subject matter, its also about fun, a whole semesters worth, which includes confrontations with the schools most popular boy, a school festival, volleyball, friendship, boy craziness, a quinceanera and trips to the beach and the counselors office. Apolonia lina flores is a sock enthusiast, a volleyball player, a. Even though her house is crammed full of books her dads a bibliophile, shes having trouble figuring out some very big questions, like why her dad seems to care about books more than her, why her best friends divorced mom is obsessed with making. Her dad is a school teacher who is only focused on books and making lina read but lina and her dad mr. Summary of confetti girl and totilla sun 735 words.
In the book confetti girl who are the main characters. The title of this book is confetti girl and it was written by diana lopez. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. She now lives in san antonio, where she taught in a middle school for nearly a decade and currently teaches english at st. The main character would mostly be apoloina read more to find out the other characters. Editions of confetti girl by diana lopez goodreads. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read confetti girl. It takes a latino backdrop and combines it with likeable characters experiencing the typical ups and downs of middle school life and puts it all in a fun, eyecatching cover. Book confetti, storybook confetti, book themed baby shower, book baby shower, nursery book, book party, storybook baby shower, book birthday weesoiree 5. Confetti girl is about a teenage girl named lina who is not yet over the lost of her mother. Confetti girl is a book about a middle schooler named lina.
All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by. Click download or read online button to get confetti girl book now. Flores is a sock enthusiast, a volleyball player, a science lover, and a girl whos just looking for answers. Confetti girl by diana lopez and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Apolonia lina flores is a sock enthusiast, a volleyball player. Confetti girl download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. The person who wrote the book confetti girl is the author diana lopez for more info of the book go to bye thank you for the question. Confetti girl by diana lopez little, brown books for young readers. Confetti girl should be a big hit with the middle grade market. Read confetti girl by diana lopez available from rakuten kobo. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want.
Goodreads members who liked confetti girl also liked. Lina has a deceased mom and she likes to collect books. The passage from confetti girl begins with the narrators memories of her mother paragraph 1 the passage from tortilla sun ends with izzys thoughts about the baseball that belonged to her father paragraph 46. Like the title of the book, confetti is a colorful collection of poems reflecting southwestern motifs that are sure to delight children of all backgrounds. Vanesa end up dating someone and vanesas single father then gets a girlfriend. Write an essay analyzing how these differences in points of view create tension in both stories. See all 9 formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
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