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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Description
Named A Great American Novel by The Atlantic!
From the international bestselling author of In the Time of the Butterflies and Afterlife, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents is "poignant...powerful... Beautifully captures the threshold experience of the new immigrant, where the past is not yet a memory." (The New York Times Book Review)
Julia Alvarez’s new novel,...
From the international bestselling author of In the Time of the Butterflies and Afterlife, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents is "poignant...powerful... Beautifully captures the threshold experience of the new immigrant, where the past is not yet a memory." (The New York Times Book Review)
Julia Alvarez’s new novel,...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The quinceañera, the fifteenth birthday celebration for a Latina girl, is quickly becoming an American event. This legendary party is a sight to behold: lavish ball gowns, extravagant catered meals, DJs, limousines, and multi-tiered cakes. The must-haves for a "quince" are becoming as numerous and costly as a prom or wedding. And yet, this elaborate ritual also hearkens back to traditions from native countries and communities, offering young Latinas...
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When three girls and their father visit for a week in the summer, it takes Tía Lola to make Miguel forget his unhappiness at the absence of any boys and embrace the adventures that ensue.
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