![]() Part of Marco and Isaac's bond is their desire for approval from their divorced parents. Gr 4-7-Marco Honeyman and Isaac Castillo are next-door neighbors and best friends, despite their apparent differences: Jewish-Mexican Marco is small and book-smart, while Isaac, who is also Latinx, is a gifted and hard-working basketball player who struggles to manage his homework. Meanwhile, academically gifted Marco plans on finally winning his father’s approval by earning a spot on the school’s basketball team.īut will their friendship and support for each other be enough to keep the two boys from falling short? Better grades will surely stop Isaac’s parents from arguing all the time. ![]() This year, athletically gifted Isaac plans on finally keeping up with his schoolwork. But it won’t change things at home-not without each other’s help. ![]() ![]() Pura Belpré Award–winning author Ernesto Cisneros is back with a hilarious and heartfelt novel about two best friends who seem like they couldn’t be more different, but who have more in common than they realize.īest friends Isaac and Marco already know sixth grade is going to change their lives. ![]() In his sophomore novel, Pura Belpré Award–winning author Ernesto Cisneros brings laughs, real-world issues, and tons of heart in equal measure to the story of two close friends who must rely on each other to become the versions of themselves they want to be. ![]()
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