An Island Like you : : Stories of the Barrio
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"A Melanie Kroupa book"--verso t.p.
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.
Twelve stories about young people caught between their Puerto Rican heritage and their American surroundings.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Orchard Books, c1995.
Year Published: 1995
Description: 165 p. ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
READING LEVEL
Lexile: 910
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
014038068X (pbk.)
0531087476 (lib. bdg.) :
0531068978 :
SUBJECTS
Puerto Ricans -- Fiction.
Short stories.