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Respicio, Mae. THE HOUSE THAT LOU BUILT New York : Wendy Lamb Books, 2018 IL 5-8 ISBN: 978-1524717940 (2 booktalks)
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Booktalk #1 Twelve-year-old Lou thrives in wood shop, loves her vibrant extended family and her Filipino culture, and has a plan to build a 100-square foot Tiny House on a beautiful piece of land her father left her when he died. Building a house on that land was her dad’s dream, too. Lou and her mom have been living with her grandmother for years as her Mom works to put herself through nursing school. Sharing a bedroom with your Mom when you are about to start 8th grade is a little tough, so Lou’s plan for a tiny house is a plan for some personal space...and a chance to work with her hands and fulfill her dad’s goal. But when back taxes and a possible move to another state threaten Lou’s dream, she’s got to build on her resources and resilience to find a way to make it happen! (Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award 2019 - 2020) Booktalk #2 Aspiring architect Lou lives with her mother and grandmother in San Francisco. When money becomes tight, Lou's mother pursues a job in a new state. Faced with the idea of leaving the only home she's ever known, Lou hatches a plan to build a tiny house on a small patch of land she inherited from her father. Building an entire home is not as easy as Lou anticipated, even with her talent for tackling DIY projects, and things go from bad to worse when Lou learns that her land might be in jeopardy. Luckily, Lou is not afraid of a challenge, but will she be able to pull it off? (New Jersey Garden State Children's Book Award 2021) |
| SUBJECTS: Coming of age -- Fiction. Home -- Fiction. Family life -- California -- Fiction. Filipino Americans -- Fiction. Building -- Fiction. Moving, Household -- Fiction. California -- Fiction. |
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