Showing results for "Sandwiches" in Growing Up & Facts of Life

National Book Award-finalist Ibi Zoboi makes her middle-grade debut with a moving story of a girl finding her place in a world that's changing at warp speed. Twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace Norfleet has lived with her beloved grandfather Jeremiah in Huntsville, Alabama ever since she was little. As...

When Carla brings weird sandwiches to school, her classmates have plenty to say about them. “That's sick!” says Leslie. “That's disgusting!” says Natie. But Carla thinks otherwise. “It's unique. It's creative.” Just like Carla. Although she is teased and even ignored by her classmates, Carla's strong inner sense of uniqueness eventually wins them over.

Este cuento simpático enseña a los niños como aceptar quienes son ni importa que piensan los demás. La comida que trae Carla a la escuela estállena de cosas curiosas y deliciosas, como un sándwich de aceitunas, pepinos escabechados y habichuelas, otra delicia de plátano y requesón y el inolvidable hígado picado con papitas fritas y pepino.