Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781101997260)

One boy's search for his father leads him to Puerto Rico in this moving middle-grade novel, for fans of Ghost and See You in the Cosmos.

Marcus Vega is six feet tall, 180 pounds, and the owner of a premature mustache. When you look like this and you're only in the eighth grade, you're both a threat and a target.

After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mom decides it's time for a change of environment. She takes Marcus and his younger brother to Puerto Rico to spend a week with relatives they don't remember or have never met. But Marcus can't focus knowing that his father--who walked out of their lives ten years ago--is somewhere on the island.

So begins Marcus's incredible journey, a series of misadventures that take him all over Puerto Rico in search of his elusive namesake. Marcus doesn't know if he'll ever find his father, but what he ultimately discovers changes his life. And he even learns a bit of Spanish along the way.

Author: Pablo Cartaya
ISBN-10: 1101997265
ISBN-13: 9781101997260
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 08/21/2018
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.00d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.9
Point Value: 6
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 196042 / Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 06/01/2018 pg. 74
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2018
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2018
Publishers Weekly 07/09/2018
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2018 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2018 pg. 77
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average