Friday, August 24, 2012

Kyi, Tanya Lloyd. La Otra Vida de Caz.


Kyi, Tanya Lloyd.       La Otra Vida de Caz.    Orca  134p  $9.95 978-1-4598-0187-5 jr/sr       Series: Orca Soundings  Good      Realistic Fiction

It was just too much when another girl came up to Caz and told her she had slept with Caz's boyfriend.  Caz in turn went to her boyfriend and smacked him good, but it got her suspended from school.  However, compared to what happened next in her life, the suspension was nothing.  As a result of all the trouble Caz was having at school, she was transferred to a new school.  That was bad enough, but then it turns out she has a reading disability as well -- something called "dyslexia" -- and she ends up in a special education class.  Then her mother decides she wants a divorce and leaves the house for city living.  Could things get any worse?  Yes!!!

It feels like the end of the world for Caz until she meets Amanda.  Caz and Amanda hit it off immediately, but slowly Caz begins to realize that there are things she does not like about Amanda.  What will it take for Caz to realize that Amanda is bad news?        

Dyslexia-Fiction, Friendship-Fiction, Hi-lo books           --Magna Diaz

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