Julia Alvarez
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147 pages ; 20 cm
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English
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Although ten-year-old Miguel is at first embarrassed by his colorful aunt, Tia Lola, when she comes to Vermont from the Dominican Republic to stay with his mother, his sister, and him after his parents' divorce, he learns to love her. Moving to Vermont after his parents split, Miguel has plenty to worry about. Tia Lola, his quirky, "carismatica, " and maybe magical aunt makes his life even more unpredictable when she arrives from the Dominican Republic...
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174 pages ; 20 cm
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Español
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Worried that Papa Espada cannot find a job, Tía Lola, Juanita, Miguel, and the "Sword" sisters decide to start a bed and breakfast at Colonel Charlebois's Vermont house.
"Con la ayuda de sus sobrinos y de las tres hermanas Espada, tía Lola abrirá a las puertas de la majestuosa casa antigua del coronel Charlbois a visitante de todas las procedencias. Pero pronto se darán cuenta de que poner a funcionar este pequeño hotel no resulta tan facil...
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xiv, 300 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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In her first book of nonfiction, Julia Alvarez offers two dozen personal essays about the two major (and interlocking) issues of her life - growing up with one foot in each of two cultures, and writing.
In 1960, when Alvarez was ten years old, her father's participation in a failed coup attempt against Rafael Trujillo, the repressive dictator of the Dominican Republic, resulted in the family's self-imposed exile to New York City, where Dr. Alvarez...
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7 audio discs (8 hrs., 9 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Español
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When his father is injured in a tractor accident, eleven-year-old Tyler finds himself at odds as migrant Mexican workers are illegally hired to upkeep the family farm. As the migrants live in constant fear of deportation, Tyler strikes up a friendship with the family's oldest daughter, Mari.
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English
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"A collectible hardcover thirtieth-anniversary edition of Julia Alvarez's modern Latinx classic that gives voice to four sisters as they grow up in two cultures, featuring a new foreword by New York Times bestselling, National Book Award-winning novelist Elizabeth Acevedo A Penguin Vitae Edition The García sisters-Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and Sofía-and their family must flee their home in the Dominican Republic after the discovery of their father's...
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216 pages ; 18 cm
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Español
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Milly es una adolescente estadounidense común y corriente hasta que un estudiante nuevo llamado Pablo llega a su escuela secundaria. Milly enfrenta su identidad de niña adoptada del país natal de Pablo, y decide emprender un viaje lleno de valentía de regreso a este país.
Fifteen-year-old Milly Kaufman is an average American teenager until Pablo, a new student at her school, inspires her to search for her birth family in his native country.
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xxi, 241 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"With a powerful and poignant introduction from Julia Alvarez, Resistencia: Poems of Protest and Revolution is an extraordinary collection, rooted in a strong tradition of protest poetry and voiced by icons of the movement and by some of the most exciting voices today. The poets of Resistencia explore feminist, queer, indigenous, urban, and ecological themes alongside historically prominent protests against imperialism, dictatorships, and economic...
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Famous Hispanic women in history have inspired countless young women to believe in their dreams. From artists to astronauts and writers to politicians, many great Latino-American history makers have changed the world. The program celebrates notable Hispanic-American Women whose influence has touched us in every walk of life. There isn't an industry in which Hispanic Americans haven't made their mark in history, with some of the most iconic scientists,...
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1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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For generations, General Rafael Trujillo has ruled the Dominican Republic with a mixture of terror and savagery, until Minerva Mirabal dares to oppose him. Inspired by her love for a rebel leader, Minerva and her sisters, known as Las Mariposas, endure unimaginable hardships in a battle for the very soul of a nation. But as their acts of bravery gain notoriety, Trujillos forces close in determined to put an end to Minerva's heroics.
An idealistic...
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xix, 374 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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"In time for the one-year anniversary of the Trump Inauguration and the Women's March, this provocative, unprecedented anthology features original short stories from thirty bestselling and award-winning authors--including Alice Walker, Richard Russo, Walter Mosley, Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, Neil Gaiman, Michael Cunningham, Mary Higgins Clark, and Lee Child--with an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen"--