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by Judith Ortiz Cofer

ePub AN Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio download
Author:
Judith Ortiz Cofer
ISBN13:
978-0140380682
ISBN:
014038068X
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Publisher:
Puffin; First Puffin Edition/1st Printing edition (December 1, 1996)
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Literature & Fiction
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1869 kb
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1145 kb
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Rating:
4.1
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434

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Awards for AN ISLAND LIKE YOU: A Recipient of the Pura Belpre Award (ALSC/REFORMA). Judith Ortiz Cofer is an award-winning author known for her stories about coming-of-age experiences in the barrio and her writings about the cultural conflicts of immigrants. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. A School of Library Journal Best Book of the Year. She is the author of many distinguished titles for young adults such as, CALL ME MARIA, THE MEANING OF CONSEULO, SILENT DANCING: A PARTIAL REMEMBERANCE OD A PUERTO RICAN CHILDHOOD, and THE LINE IN THE SUN.

Judith Ortiz Cofer's Pura Belpré award-winning collection of short stories about life in the barrio! . AN ISLAND LIKE YOU: Stories of the Barrio.

Judith Ortiz Cofer's Pura Belpré award-winning collection of short stories about life in the barrio! Rita is exiled to Puerto Rico for a summer with her grandparents after her parents catch her with a bo. Пользовательский отзыв - Kirkus. A pastiche of 12 short stories about Puerto RicanAmerican teenagers growing up in a New Jersey barrio. Her other books include Silent Dancing: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood, An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio, If I Could Fly, and Woman in Front of the Sun: On Becoming a Writer. She died from cancer on December 30, 2016 at the age of 64.

An Island Like You book. Judith Ortiz Cofer is probably the best-known Puerto Rican author of young adult literature, and the stories in An Island Like You frequently appear in high school readers although the book itself is no longer in print. Upon seeing the title, you might think you were holding in your hands a book set entirely in the Caribbean.

Cofer, Judith Ortiz, 1952-. New York : Puffin Books. inlibrary; printdisabled; ; americana. 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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The first and longest story in the book - about a 15-year-old girl who is sent to stay with her grandparents in Puerto Rico for the summer - is a fine, selfcontained achievement. They are the Holden Caulfields of the barrio. The first-person narrators - six girls and one boy - are slightly different people in slightly different situations, all of them participants in the tragedy of adolescence

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A collection of stories captures the lives of different teenagers growing up in the barrio, including Rita, who goes to live with her grandparents in Puerto Rico; Luis, who spends his days working at his father's junkyard; and Sandra, who tries to rediscover her natural Latino beauty. Reprint.
  • This is a collection of short stories about situations Puerto-Rican American teenagers face. The setting is a New Jersey barrio, and the characters are all richly believable and intriguing. My favorite story is the first one: Rita is sent to live with her grandparents in Puerto Rico because she lied to her parents and was caught with a boy where she shouldn't have been. The way her grandparents treat her, and the good natured way Rita protests is quite realistic. She ends up being glad she was sent to her grandparents, and she seems to have gained an appreciation for her roots. In another story, Arturo must spend an hour with his abuelo at the nursing home. At first, he's not so excited, but when the hour is up, he realizes there's a lot more about his grandfather he would like to know.The other stories are equally engaging, though not always as light-hearted and humorous. One of the stories deals with Doris and her friend Rick, who is gay. Everyone in the neighborhood rejects Rick and anything he is involved with. It's a touching and sad piece that really strikes home the importance of tolerance.

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  • A good cultural exploration, even if it might be a bit outdated (the last story ), but still worth a look. Some compelling stories, makes you think and good for coming of age discussions. A job for Valentin was one of my favorites.

  • I enjoyed this novel thought I do wish is had been full novel rather than simply a group of short stories. I would have liked to have known more about Rita and those kids we didn't visit again.

  • It was moving but inconclusive.

  • Good book

  • School deal.

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