When Life Gives You Mangos

ISBN-10: 0593173996
ISBN-13: 9780593173992
Author: Getten, Kereen
Interest Level: 3-7
Publisher: Penguin Random House

Publication Date: January 2022

Copyright: 2020

Page Count: 208

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Interest Level

Grades 3-7

Reading Level

Lexile: 720L
Accelerated Reader Level: 4.7
Accelerated Reader Points: 6.0

BISAC Subjects

JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship

JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Death & Dying

Description
Twelve-year-old Clara lives on an island that visitors call exotic. But there's nothing exotic about it to Clara. She loves eating ripe mangos off the ground, running outside in the rain with her Papa during rainy season, and going to her secret hideout with Gaynah--even though lately she's not acting like a best friend. The only thing out of the ordinary for Clara is that something happened to her memory that made her forget everything that happened last summer after a hurricane hit. Sometimes things come back to her in drips like a tap that hasn't been turned off properly. Other times her Mama fills in the blanks...only she knows those aren't her memories and it is hard feeling like she is not like everybody else. But this summer is going to be different for Clara. Everyone is buzzing with excitement over a new girl in the village who is not like other visitors. She is about to make big waves on the island--and give Clara a summer she won't forget. "A heartwarming yet suspenseful debut about the strength of family, the turmoil
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