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I Wanna Be Your Shoebox by Cristina Garcia is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is I Wanna Be Your Shoebox about?

Because Yumi RuÍz-Hirsch has grandparents from Japan, Cuba, and Brooklyn, her mother calls her a poster child for the twenty-first century. Yumi would laugh if only her life wasn't getting as complicated as her heritage. All of a sudden she's starting eighth grade with a girl who collects tinfoil and a boy who dresses like a squid. Her mom's found a new boyfriend, and her punk-rock father still can't sell a song. She's losing her house; she's losing her school orchestra. And worst of all she's losing her grandfather Saul. Yumi wishes everything could stay the same. But as she listens to Saul tell his story, she learns that nobody ever asks you if you're ready for life to happen. It just happens. The choice is either to sit and watch or to join the dance. National Book Award finalist Cristina García's first middle-grade novel celebrates the chaotic, crazy, and completely amazing patchwork that makes up our lives.

Author

Cristina Garcia

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781416996842

Subjects

Fiction, Juvenile

Rating

3.49 / 5 (31 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14