An island like you : stories of the barrio / Judith Ortiz Cofer.
1995
PZ7.O765 Is 1995 (Mapit)
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Title
An island like you : stories of the barrio / Judith Ortiz Cofer.
Author
Cofer, Judith Ortiz, 1952-
ISBN
0531087476
0531068978
0531068978
Publication Details
New York : Orchard Books, c1995.
Language
English
Description
165 p. ; 22 cm.
Call Number
PZ7.O765 Is 1995
Dewey Decimal Classification
[Fic]
Summary
Twelve stories about young people caught between their Puerto Rican heritage and their American surroundings.
Note
"A Melanie Kroupa book"--verso t.p.
Awards
Pura Belpre Author Award, 1996.
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Table of Contents
Day in the barrio
Bad influence
Arturo's flight
Beauty lessons
Catch the moon
An hour with Abuelo
The one who watches
Matoa's mirror
Don Jose of La Mancha
Abuela invents the zero
A job for Valentin
Home to El Building
White balloons.
Bad influence
Arturo's flight
Beauty lessons
Catch the moon
An hour with Abuelo
The one who watches
Matoa's mirror
Don Jose of La Mancha
Abuela invents the zero
A job for Valentin
Home to El Building
White balloons.