Taming Papa

by Mylène Goupil (Author)

Taming Papa
Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade

Mélie doesn't know how to relate to her father, a political prisoner in another country whom she has never met, when he is released and immigrates to join her family in Montreal.

"Where I come from, you have to say the same things as everyone else or keep quiet," Mélie's mother tells her. "And your father is not someone who knows how to keep quiet. Or say the same thing as everyone else. So that got him in trouble."

However, ever since he came into Mélie's life, keeping quiet is the only thing her father has done. Partly because Sami doesn't speak the same language as his daughter, and partly because he doesn't know how to live as a free man anymore. Mélie has to tame him, like the kitten that she just found, and like Mr. Xavier and his partner seem to be doing with Mei-Li, the little girl they recently adopted. Things that are worthwhile aren't always easy.

Key Text Features chapters; dialogue

Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.6 Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3 Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone

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Review quotes

A satisfying and ultimately triumphant reminder that families come in all configurations. — CM: Canadian Review of Materials

Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781773067230
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Publication date
March 05, 2024
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV039050 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
JUV013060 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Parents
Library of Congress categories
Families
Family life
Fathers and daughters
Political prisoners
Novels
Romans
Children of political prisoners

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