Each Tiny Spark

From award-winning author Pablo Cartaya comes a deeply moving middle grade novel about a daughter and father finding their way back to each other in the face of their changing family and community.

A SCHNEIDER FAMILY BOOK AWARD HONOR FOR MIDDLE GRADE

Emilia Torres has a wandering mind. It's hard for her to follow along at school, and sometimes she forgets to do what her mom or abuela asks. But she remembers what matters: a time when her family was whole and home made sense. When Dad returns from deployment, Emilia expects that her life will get back to normal. Instead, it unravels.

Dad shuts himself in the back stall of their family's auto shop to work on an old car. Emilia peeks in on him daily, mesmerized by his welder. One day, Dad calls Emilia over. Then, he teaches her how to weld. And over time, flickers of her old dad reappear.

But as Emilia finds a way to repair the relationship with her father at home, her community ruptures with some of her classmates, like her best friend, Gus, at the center of the conflict.

Each Tiny Spark by Pablo Cartaya is a tender story about asking big questions and being brave enough to reckon with the answers.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Kokila
Published: 08/06/2019
ISBN: 9780451479723
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.20d
Award: Schneider Family Book Award - Honor Book

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2019 pg. 89
School Library Journal 06/01/2019 pg. 71
Publishers Weekly 06/10/2019
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2019
Booklist 08/01/2019 pg. 62
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2019 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Shelf Awareness 08/13/2019

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 503926 / Each Tiny Spark
Reading Level: 4.4 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 8