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293 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this memoir full of humor and heart, comedian, writer, and producer Cristela Alonzo tells personal stories of growing up as a first-generation Mexican American in Texas and following her dreams to pursue a career in comedy" -- From book jacket flap.
Alonzo shares her experiences and struggles of being a first-generation Mexican-American, her dreams of becoming a comedian, and how it feels to be a creator in a world that often minimizes people...
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Language
English
Description
"Maggie Thrash has spent basically every summer of her fifteen-year-old life at the one-hundred-year-old Camp Bellflower for Girls, set deep in the heart of Appalachia. She's from Atlanta, she's never kissed a guy, she's into Backstreet Boys in a really deep way, and her long summer days are full of a pleasant, peaceful nothing . . . until one confounding moment. A split-second of innocent physical contact pulls Maggie into a gut-twisting love for...
3) I am Kavi
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219 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"1998, Colombo. The Sri Lankan Civil War is raging, but everyday life must go on. At Kavi's school, her friends talk about the weekly Top 40, the Backstreet Boys, Shahrukh Khan, Leo & Kate ... and who died -- or didn't -- in the latest bombing. But Kavi is afraid of something even scarier than war. She fears that if her friends discover her secret -- that she is not who she is pretending to be -- they'll stop talking to her. I want to be friends with...
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