Becoming Kid Quixote - A True Story of Belonging in America

A young readers' companion to the adult memoir Kid Quixotes by Stephen Haff. Narrated by one extraordinary ten-year-old girl, this inspiring memoir tells the story of a daughter of Mexican American immigrants who finds her voice through the power of words and performance of Cervantes' Don Quixote. When a shy girl named Sarah Sierra first joins an after-school program in her neighborhood, she never expects to travel back in time and discover the words of Miguel de Cervantes. But at Still Waters in a Storm, a teacher named Stephen and a group of kids have pushed together tables piled high with books so they can gather round to talk about and translate Cervantes' classic, Don Quixote de La Mancha . They begin to reimagine Don Quixote --the story of an idealistic dreamer from Spain who traveled around trying to right the world's wrongs--as the story of a group of modern-day kids from immigrant families in Brooklyn. The stories the kids write in class become a musical play--expressing the plight of today's immigrants and using Quixote as inspiration. And Sarah, once very shy, soon will play the leading role as Kid Quixote. Perfect for fans of I Am Malala , Dear America , and The Freedom Writers Diary , this stirring true story will inspire you to imagine, to speak up, and to sing out.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Haff, Stephen/ Sierra Haff, Sarah Sierra
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9780062943262
• ISBN: 978-0-06-294326-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Mankind; Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Social Topics / Adolescence, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Performing Arts / Theater & Musicals, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Social Topics / Friendship, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Diversity & Multicultural, JUVENILE NONFICTION: People & Places / Mexico, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Drama, Children’s / Teenage social topics: Migration / refugees, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Places / Middle East