MOMENTAN AUSVERKAUFT
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Product Identifiers
PublisherGroundwood Books
ISBN-101773067230
ISBN-139781773067230
eBay Product ID (ePID)26061952961
Product Key Features
Book TitleTaming Papa
Number of Pages160 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2024
TopicFamily / Parents, Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings, Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration
GenreJuvenile Fiction
AuthorMylène Goupil
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight8.5 Oz
Item Length7.6 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
ReviewsThis compact novel excels in its portrayal of a young girl's complicated feelings toward her father, as best portrayed in a series of moving vignettes that expertly shows, rather than tells, the reader what trauma does to a family system.
Grade FromFourth Grade
Grade ToSixth Grade
SynopsisMélie doesn't know how to relate to her father, a political prisoner whom she has never met, when he is released and joins her family in Montreal., Mélie doesn't know how to relate to her father, a political prisoner in another country whom she has never met, when he is released and immigrates to join her family in Montreal. "Where I come from, you have to say the same things as everyone else or keep quiet," Mélie's mother tells her. "And your father is not someone who knows how to keep quiet. Or say the same thing as everyone else. So that got him in trouble." However, ever since he came into Mélie's life, keeping quiet is the only thing her father has done. Partly because Sami doesn't speak the same language as his daughter, and partly because he doesn't know how to live as a free man anymore. Mélie has to tame him, like the kitten that she just found, and like Mr. Xavier and his partner seem to be doing with Mei-Li, the little girl they recently adopted. Things that are worthwhile aren't always easy. Key Text Features chapters;dialogue Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.6 Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3 Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone
