Okay, so he’s not the shortest boy in his class (which includes fourth graders, after all). But of all the fifth graders, only Oliver and Lily are shorter, and there are three fourth graders who are actually taller than Miguel—and one of them, Anna, is even a girl. Miguel’s mother keeps telling him that one day he will probably be as tall as his papi, but Miguel doesn’t want to have to get there in inches. That could take years!When they first moved to Vermont, Miguel wanted to have instant friends, instant good feelings about the place. He was impatient for everything to be great right away! But instead, for months on end, he was horribly homesick. He missed the city. He missed the Yankees. He missed his best friend, José, and his old school. But most of all, he missed Papi.Now, a year later, Miguel has made new friends. His classmates have stopped teasing him about his name, Guzmán (“Gooseman”), and asking silly questions about being Hispanic. Besides, they can now ask Tía Lola.
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