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| Location | Call No. | OPAC MSG | Status |
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| Main General Fiction | FIC Cis | - | AVAILABLE |
| Main Teen-Fiction | T FIC Cis | AVAILABLE |
3 Reviews
Painfully honest
by barkingfrog, Provo, Utah on 30-07-2010
Honest and beautiful portrayal of a Latino girl growing up in a poor section of Chicago. Told in a series of short vignettes. Your heart will ache for the young narrator.
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Tender and funny.
by Bedford Summer Readers, Bedford, New Hampshire on 29-01-2008
Beautiful description of a child's life and dreams in a Chicago Hispanic neighborhood. Tender and funny.
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Details
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| Edition |
2nd Vintage Contemporaries ed., 25th anniversary ed.
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| Description |
xxvii, 110 p. ; 21 cm.
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| Note |
Originally published: Houston, Tex. : Arte Público, 1984.
1st Vintage Contemporaries ed. (1991) bears same ISBN.
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| Indexed In: |
Wilson Junior High Catalog, 010195, p. 437
Wilson Junior High Catalog, 010100, p. 444
Wilson Senior High Catalog, 010102, p. 596
Publisher's Weekly,030891
Wilson Junior High Catalog, 010105, p. 582
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| Summary |
Originally published in 1985, and republished to coincide with the release of Cisneros' new book, Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories, this is the stunning debut noveld in a series of vignettes, it is the story of a young girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago.
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| Publication Detail |
New York : Vintage Contemporaries/Vintage Books : Random House, Inc., 2009.
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| ISBN |
9780679734772 (pbk.)
9780833568526 (Turtleback)
9780606053525 (Turtleback/Demco)
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