Then I had to dive right into reading 2019 books, so I still have never read this book. Upper elementary and middle school readers will quickly connect to her issues with peer pressure, family, and dealing with the consequences of questionable decision making.Ĭons: Somehow Merci Suárez Changes Gears never got on my radar in 2018, and I was dismayed when a book I hadn’t read or reviewed won the 2019 Newbery. I loved Merci, her Cuban-American family, and the staff and students of Seaward Pines. Pros: I started this book at the beginning of a train ride to New York City and finished it up later that evening when I returned home. With the help of her large and loving family and her loyal friends, Merci manages to muddle through another year of school and even do some dancing. Merci has her own ways of dealing with these issues, some more successful than others, but all of them funny, relatable, and endearing. Her new friend (or maybe crush) Wilson is there, and Merci succeeds in not only saying something regrettable to him but also accidentally destroying some expensive photography equipment and hiding the evidence. The seventh graders are in charge of the annual Valentine’s Day Heart Ball, and Merci reluctantly agrees to be the photographer if she can stay in the hall and not have to actually dance. She’s starting to be a bit curious about boys and kissing, but vehemently denies any interest to her friends and family. The novel details her struggles at school and home. Mercedes 'Merci' Surez, the eponymous heroine, is a sixth grade scholarship student at an elite private school in South Florida. In a coming-of-age tale full of humor and wisdom, award-winning author Meg Medina gets to the heart of the confusion and constant change that defines middle school-and the steadfast connection that defines family.Summary: This follow up to the Newbery Award-winning Merci Suárez Changes Gears finds Merci in seventh grade, trying to find her place at the prestigious Seaward Pines Academy. Merci Surez Changes Gears is a 2018 children's book (based on a short story from flying lessons and other stories) written by Meg Medina. No one in her family will tell Merci what’s going on, so she’s left to her own worries while also feeling all on her own at school.
Things aren’t going well at home either: Merci’s grandfather and most trusted ally, Lolo, has been acting strangely lately-forgetting important things, falling from his bike, and getting angry over nothing. So when bossy Edna Santos sets her sights on the new boy who happens to be Merci’s school-assigned Sunshine Buddy, Merci becomes the target of Edna’s jealousy. They don’t have a big house or a fancy boat, and they have to do extra community service to make up for their free tuition. For starters, Merci has never been like the other kids at her private school in Florida, because she and her older brother, Roli, are scholarship students. Merci Suárez knew that sixth grade would be different, but she had no idea just how different.
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