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A season for mangoes /

In Jamaica, Sareen is concerned about participating in her first sit-up, a celebration of the life of her recently deceased grandmother, but discovers that sharing her stories of Nana's passion for mangoes helps lift the sadness.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hanson, Regina
Other Authors: Velasquez, Eric (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Clarion Books, [2005]
Subjects:
Stage fright > Fiction.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Fiction.
Grandmothers > Fiction.
Storytelling > Fiction.
Blacks > Jamaica > Fiction.
Jamaica > Fiction.
Stage fright > Juvenile fiction.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Juvenile fiction.
Grandmothers > Juvenile fiction.
Storytelling > Juvenile fiction.
Blacks > Jamaica > Juvenile fiction.
Jamaica > Juvenile fiction.
Description
Summary:In Jamaica, Sareen is concerned about participating in her first sit-up, a celebration of the life of her recently deceased grandmother, but discovers that sharing her stories of Nana's passion for mangoes helps lift the sadness.
Physical Description:32 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Awards:Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2006.
The Americas Honor for Children's & YA Literature, 2005.
ISBN:061815972X (reinforced bdg.)