Author: Ofelia Dumas Lachtman
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
ISBN: 9781558856691
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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When sixteen-year-old Monica and her widowed father go back to Los Angeles, reluctantly moving from a wealthy neighborhood to the barrio house her mother grew up in, Monica tries to locate a missing neighbor, and in the process learns about her mother's past.
Author: Ofelia Dumas Lachtman
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9780613590235
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 235
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For use in schools and libraries only. Monica discovers a mysterious letter forgotten since her mother's death. She is drawn into a web of questions surrounding the disappearance of her neighbor, El Pintor.
Author: Ofelia Dumas Lachtman
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
ISBN: 9781558856660
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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When a mysterious and valuable guitar is stolen from the shop belonging to old friends of her family, Monica determines to find out what really happened and to uncover the guitar's well-kept secret.
Author: Kathy Leonard
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313072248
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 291
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There has been a dramatic increase in the amount of narrative work published by Chicana and Latina authors in the past 5 to 10 years. Nonetheless, there has been little attempt to catalog this material. This reference provides convenient access to all forms of narrative written by Chicana and Latina authors from the early 1940s through 2002. In doing so, it helps users locate these works and surveys the growth of this vast body of literature. The volume cites more than 2,750 short stories, novels, novel excerpts, and autobiographies written by some 600 Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban American, Dominican American, and Nuyorican women authors. These citations are grouped in five indexes: an author/title index, title/author index, anthology index, novel index, and autobiography index. Short annotations are provided for the anthologies, novels, and autobiographies. Thus the user who knows the title of a work can discover the author, the other works the author has written, and the anthologies in which the author's shorter pieces have been reprinted, along with information about particular works.
Author: Ofelia Dumas Lachtman
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
ISBN: 9781558856653
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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Sixteen-year-old Maggie Cruz leaves her mother's and stepfathers's big city Los Angeles home in order to lead a simpler life in her grandfather's small town house and gains fresh perspective on her life.
Author: Frances A. Day
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313058512
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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This revised edition of an award-winning resource celebrates the lives and works of 35 Latina and Latino authors who write for today's young readers. Expanded to include 12 additional authors, updated information on the original 23 authors profiled, and 135 new titles, this comprehensive reference tool helps teachers, librarians, and parents stay current on one of the most dynamic areas of contemporary literature. Both established and emerging voices are profiled. Personal quotes and photographs introduce each biographical essay, presenting information gathered through interviews, personal communications, and research. A complete list of all books and works written by the author is included along with publication information. Annotations are provided for most of the titles, along with information on major themes, awards won, and recommended age levels. Evaluating Books for Bias provides helpful guidelines for examining and selecting books from a pluralistic perspective. Appendices offer further helpful information about the field, including special awards honoring books by Latinas and Latinos, a calendar of holidays and special days celebrated by the Latino community, and listings of related resources and organizations. The author has also compiled ideas for classroom activities and ways for librarians to extend the literary experience. A title index and extensive topic index—including themes, curricular areas, and genres—help in planning story sessions and study units. This is a multipurpose resource for anyone who wants to help young readers connect with contemporary literature in a meaningful way.
Author: Linda Channah Ehrlich
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810837669
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 370
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The first book in English exclusively devoted to an analysis of the films of one of Spain's most important film directors, V'ctor Erice. Drawing on original essays, reprints, and new translations from an international group of writers, this anthology will help open a window into a deeper appreciation of Erice's three haunting feature-length films.
Author: Isabel Coll Mirabent
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 0810128438
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 425
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This lavishly illustrated, bilingual art book presents drawings by Ramón Casas in the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections at the Northwestern University Library and oil paintings by Casas from private collections and the Art Institute of Chicago. Charles Deering and Ramón Casas follows the development and dramatic dissolution of a three-way friendship that connected the Spanish painter Ramón Casas (1866–1932); the Chicago industrialist Charles Deering (1852–1927), who was a collector and admirer of Casas’s work as well as a patron of Northwestern University; and the Spanish artist Miguel Utrillo (1862–1934), Casas’s lifelong friend and the father of the French painter Maurice Utrillo. Casas introduced Deering to Sitges, a beach town near Barcelona, Spain, where the latter created a palatial estate with a museum to house his art collection. Miguel Utrillo served as director of the museum. The text explores the treasures housed at Maricel and what happened among the three men that led Casas to abandon Utrillo and Deering to depart Spain, taking his art collection with him.
Author: Ofelia Dumas Lachtman
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
ISBN: 9781611922042
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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This intriguing, fast-paced novel traces the blossoming relationship between young Rosario Silva and her enigmatic cousin Leticia. As Rosario and Leticia begin to share more and more, Rosario learns her cousinÍs shocking secret.
Author: Gary D. Castillo
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
ISBN: 9781558856585
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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David, a young migrant worker, tells how he discovered his voice. How his dreams come true to become a singer, in spite of roadblocks set up by his family and society.
