So Many Questions: Abuela Becomes a Us Citizen

Description:

Inspired by the author's own abuelita, this tribute to becoming a US citizen follows a young girl who helps her grandmother prepare for America's citizenship test.

Anita's abuela is taking a very important test soon: the exam to become a US citizen! If Abuelita passes, she'll finally be able to achieve her life-long dream. Anita and her abuela review the questions everywhere they go: at the tiendita, at the open mercado, all around the barrio. But will Abuelita pass the test?

This ode to immigrants, beautifully brought to life by illustrator Heidi Moreno, will fascinate and educate readers about what it takes to become a US citizen.

• Includes the full list of questions for the US citizenship test - with answers
• Inspired by the author's grandmother's path to citizenship

Brief description:

Belen Medina is a children's book author inspired by her Mexican heritage and bicultural upbringing in California's Central Valley. Her debut picture book, Daughter of the Light-Footed People, received multiple starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, The Horn Book and School Library Journal, and was praised for its lyrical voice and powerful storytelling. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family, where she lovingly torments her two sons by reading them draft after draft of her stories and they consistently point out her grammar errors. Visit her online at belenmedina.com.

Review Quotes:

"[A] smart approach to taking civic education seriously . . . Medina beautifully walks the line between specific and universal in an exceptionally American way." - Kirkus Reviews