Merci Suárez Changes Gears
by Meg Medina
Middle grade · ages 8–12 · 720L (~4th grade) · 375 pages · 2019
Why we'd hand it over
A modern, unflinching look at class and identity that respects a 10-year-old's real-world complexity—Merci is flawed, funny, and does the work of understanding someone different from her.