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2019.
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"Jaquira Díaz writes an unflinching account of growing up as a queer biracial girl searching for home as her family splits apart and her mother struggles with mental illness and addiction. From her own struggles with depression and drug abuse to her experiences of violence to Puerto Rico's history of colonialism, every page vibrates with music and lyricism"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 10
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La historia de Esmeralda Santiago comienza en la parte rural de Puerto Rico, donde sus padres y siete hermanos, en continuas luchas los unos con los otros, vivían una vida alborotada pero llena de amor y ternura. De niña, Esmeralda aprendió a apreciar cómo se come una guayaba, a distinguir la canción del coquí, a identificar los ingredientes en las morcillas y a ayudar a que el alma de un bebé muerto subiera al Cielo. Pero precisamente cuando...
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Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
2010
Description
In this intimate memoir, international superstar Ricky Martin opens up for the first time about his early childhood experiences in the famed boy band Menudo, reflections on coming to terms with his sexuality, relationships that allowed him to embrace love, and life-chaning decisions like devoting himelf to helping children around the world and becoming a father.
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Rosen Pub. Group
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 2
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Traces the personal life and baseball career of the Puerto Rican baseball superstar, from his childhood love of the game through his professional career and untimely death to his election to the Hall of Fame in 1973.
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