# Pardalita

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- Authors: [Joana Estrela](https://www.bookquiver.com/joana-estrela), [Lyn Miller-Lachmann](https://www.bookquiver.com/lyn-miller-lachmann)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2023-04-18

## Description

MILDRED L. BATCHELDER HONOR WINNER School Library Journal Best of the Year BCCB Best of the Year (Blue Ribbon Selection) A beautiful slice-of-life story that is This One Summer meets Ursula K. Le Guin’s Very Far Away from Anywhere Else , told in flashbacks 16-year-old Raquel lives in a small town in Portugal, the kind of place where everyone knows everyone else’s business. Her parents are divorced and she’s just been suspended for cursing out a school aide asking about her father’s new marriage. She has two best friends, Luísa and Fred, but wants something more. Then, from afar, she sees Pardalita, a senior and a gifted artist who’s moving to Lisbon to study in the fall. The two girls get to know each other while working on a play. And Raquel falls in love. Using a gorgeous blend of prose poems, illustrations, and graphic novel

## Editions

### Pardalita

- Publisher: levine_querido
- ISBN: 978-16-4614-255-2
- Pages: 224
- Published: 2023-04-18
- Language: en_US

### Pardalita

- Publisher: levine_querido
- ISBN: 978-16-4614-256-9
- Pages: 216
- Published: 2023-04-18
- Language: en_US