Evelyn del Rey Is Moving Away

The 2020 Jumpstart Read for the Record Selection (2.24 million readers) * An American Library Association Notable Children's Book * A Publisher's Weekly Best Children's Book of the Year * A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of the Year * A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

From Newbery Medalist and New York Times best-selling author Meg Medina comes the bittersweet story of two girls who will always be each other's n mero uno, even though one is moving away.

A big truck with its mouth wide open is parked at the curb, ready to gobble up Evelyn's mirror with the stickers around the edge . . . and the sofa that we bounce on to get to the moon.

Evelyn Del Rey is Daniela's best friend. They do everything together and even live in twin apartments across the street from each other: Daniela with her mami and hamster, and Evelyn with her mami, papi, and cat. But not after today--not after Evelyn moves away. Until then, the girls play amid the moving boxes until it's time to say goodbye, making promises to keep in touch, because they know that their friendship will always be special. The tenderness of Meg Medina's beautifully written story about friendship and change is balanced by Sonia S nchez's colorful and vibrant depictions of the girls' urban neighborhood.

Author: Meg Medina
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 09/08/2020
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.70h x 10.70w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781536207040
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.4
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 509516 / Evelyn del Rey Is Moving Away


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2020
School Library Journal 07/01/2020 pg. 51
Publishers Weekly 07/13/2020
Booklist 07/01/2020 pg. 72
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2020 - Book Of Special Distinction
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2020 pg. 44
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2020 pg. 67
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2020 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

About the Author
Meg Medina is the author of the Newbery Medal-winning book Merci Suárez Changes Gears, which was a 2018 Kirkus Prize finalist. She is also the author of award-winning YA novels and the picture books Mango, Abuela, and Me, illustrated by Angela Dominguez, which was a Pura Belpré Author and Illustrator Award Honor Book, and Tía Isa Wants a Car, illustrated by Claudio Muñoz, which won the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award. The daughter of Cuban immigrants, she grew up in Queens, New York, and now lives in Richmond, Virginia.

Sonia Sánchez is the illustrator of Here I Am, for which she was nominated for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for interior art. She has been selected twice to participate in the Society of Illustrators Original Art Show. She lives with her husband, son, and a sleepyhead cat in Barcelona, Spain.