Voices in First Person

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Voices in First Person

Reflections on Latino Identity

Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction

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Language: English

Published by: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Published on: 26th August 2008

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 5 Mb

ISBN: 9781416984450


WANTING TO BELONG. WANTING TO GO HOME. LOVE. REGRET. FAMILY LEGENDS. DREAMS. REVENGE. ENGLISH. SPANISH.

This eclectic, gritty, and groundbreaking collection of short monologues features twenty-one of the most respected Latino authors writing today, including Sandra Cisneros, Oscar Hijuelos, Esmeralda Santiago, and Gary Soto. Their fictional narratives give voice to what it’s like to be a Latino teen in America. These voices are yearning. These voices are angry. These voices are, above all else, hopeful. These voices are America.

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