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An island like you : [electronic resource] stories of the barrio / Judith Ortiz Cofer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Puffin Books, 1996.Description: 165 p. ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 014038068X (pbk.)
  • 9780140380682 (pbk.)
  • 0613015835
  • 9780613015837
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 20
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.O765 Is 1996
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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.
Summary: Twelve stories about young people caught between their Puerto Rican heritage and their American surroundings.
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Twelve stories about young people caught between their Puerto Rican heritage and their American surroundings.

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.

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