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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
The day before Christmas, everyone in Jose's neighborhood seems grumpy, including his mother who is homesick for Puerto Rico, but when he and his parents return from the pizzeria where they borrowed an oven to cook their roast, the heavenly aroma reminds those they pass of all they have to celebrate.
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249 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mother takes him and his younger brother, who has Down syndrome, to Puerto Rico to visit relatives they do not remember or have never met, and while there Marcus starts searching for his father, who left their family ten years ago and is somewhere on the island.
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A la orilla del viento volume 99
Physical Desc
199 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Un poema y doce cuentos acerca de jóvenes metidos entre su herencia puertorriqueña y el ambiente de los Estados Unidos.
A poem and twelve stories about young people caught between their Puerto Rican heritage and their surroundings in the United States.
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360 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Told with interstitial historical chapters, fourteen-year-old Taína (Ty) must draw from the strength of her Taíno ancestors to bring her family and community hope and healing after a devastating incident.
Despite her name, Taína Perez doesn't know anything about her Taíno heritage, nor has she ever tried to learn. How would ancient Puerto Rican history help with anything? There's constant trouble at school and in her neighborhood, her older brother...
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