Chapter Book
The Family Business
by Rao Marupudi
Ages 10–13
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About this story
Responsibility doesn't mean doing it all alone. Panadería Luna has opened at six every morning for nineteen years. Then Lucía's mother needs surgery and eight weeks of rest. If the bakery closes, people could lose their jobs, and the regulars might never come back. Lucía is twelve, but she's determined to keep the doors open. A story about responsibility and time management. Ages 10-13, Grades 5-8.
- Bakery — a shop that bakes and sells bread
- Panadería — the Spanish word for bakery
- Surgery — a medical operation
- Responsibility — the duty to take care of something
- Shift — a block of time you work
- Schedule — a plan of what happens when
- Delegate — to share jobs with others
- Loyal — faithful to the people you serve
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