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Voices in first person : reflections on Latino identity
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Voices in first person : reflections on Latino identity

Author: Lori M Carlson; Manuel Rivera-Ortiz; Flavio Morais
Publisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, ©2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : Juvenile audience : English : 1st ed
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A collection of brief fictional pieces about the experiences of Latinos in the United States, by such writers as Sandra Cisneros, Gary Soto, Oscar Hijuelos, and others.
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Genre/Form: Juvenile fiction
Literary collections
Material Type: Fiction, Juvenile audience, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Lori M Carlson; Manuel Rivera-Ortiz; Flavio Morais
ISBN: 9781416906353 1416906355
OCLC Number: 76786572
Description: 84 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents: Editor's note --
Ritual / Claudia Quiroz Cahill --
Reclaim your rights as citizen of here, here / Michele Serros --
Spending mone / Gary Soto --
I stand at the crosswalk / Esmeralda Santiago --
Angel's monologue / Gwylym Cano --
Jose / Caridad de la Luz --
The evil eye / Raquel Valle Senties --
Poultrymorphosis / Oscar Hijuelos.
Responsibility: edited by Lori Marie Carlson ; photographs by Manuel Rivera-Ortiz ; illustrations by Flavio Morais.
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A collection of brief fictional pieces about the experiences of Latinos in the United States, by such writers as Sandra Cisneros, Gary Soto, Oscar Hijuelos, and others.

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Excellent and gripping.

by AnchorageSchools (WorldCat user published 2009-11-19) Excellent Permalink

This collection of short stores are written by Latinos.  The stories tell of the struggles and frustrations in their lives.  Excellent and gripping.  Photographs add to the over all impact of the text.  There is one story that makes me hestitate to  have it in a middle school....
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