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| Author: Viola Canales |
EARN 10 SUPER POINTS!
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Product Summary
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Perfection Learning
ISBN-10: 0756972752
ISBN-13: 9780756972752
Buy.com Sku: 209634998
Publish Date: 9/22/2008
Age Range:
15 to 19
| Sofia grows up in the close-knit community of the barrio in McAllen, Texas, then finds that her experiences as a scholarship student at an Episcopal boarding school in Austin only strengthen her ties to family and her "comrades." |
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"The explanations of cultural traditions never feel too purposeful; they are always rooted in immediate, authentic family emotions, and in Canales' exuberant storytelling, which, like a good anecdote shared between friends, finds both humor and absurdity in sharply observed, painful situations...." 10/15/2005 Kirkus Reviews
"[T]he characters and setting are so real to life that readers who connect with Sofia at the start will find many riches here, from a perspective that is still hard to find in youth literature." 07/15/2005
"The explanations of cultural traditions never feel too purposeful; they are always rooted in immediate, authentic family emotions, and in Canales' exuberant storytelling, which, like a good anecdote shared between friends, finds both humor and absurdity in sharply observed, painful situations...." 10/15/2005 Kirkus Reviews
"[T]he characters and setting are so real to life that readers who connect with Sofia at the start will find many riches here, from a perspective that is still hard to find in youth literature." 07/15/2005
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