Baptiste, Tracey. Angel's Grace.BAPTISTE Baptiste is a French given name or surname, and may be a shortened form of Jean-Baptiste (literally, John the Baptist). People whose surname is Baptiste include:
U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller. . 169p. illus. c2005. 0-689-86773-5. $15.95. J A lovely photograph revealing Grace's important red hair and handprint hand·print n. An outline or indentation left by a hand. birthmark birthmark, pigmented maldevelopment of the skin that varies in size, either present at birth or developing later. Birthmarks may appear as moles (melanocytic nevi) that vary in color from light brown to blue, and are either flat or raised above the surface of the will whet the reader's interest. Who is Grace? That's her question. As she visits her grandmother's home in Trinidad one summer with her younger sister, she wonders once again why she is the only member of the family with red hair and this strange birthmark. Photographs from 14 years ago, showing Grace's mother at a beach party, start 13-year-old Grace on an odyssey Odyssey (ŏd`ĭsē): see Homer. Odyssey Homer’s long, narrative poem centered on Odysseus. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey] See : Epic Odyssey to find out more about her biological heritage. Her mother had told her a story of an angel who appeared at her birth and saved her life, leaving the handprint birthmark above Grace's heart. After searching out others present at that beach party, Grace finally finds a real Angel, a Venezuelan student who loved her mother and died before Grace was born. Facing family secrets is the theme of this novel. The characters are marvelous, loving and wise. Children visiting their grandparents grandparents npl → abuelos mpl grandparents grand npl → grands-parents mpl grandparents grand npl in other cultures and learning more about their family heritage is another important theme, one many YA readers can understand. The author grew up in Trinidad and came to America to study. She became a teacher in the US and is currently an editor at McGraw-Hill. This is a fine addition to YA literature. Claire Rosser, KLIATT J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. |
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