Esmeralda Santiago
Author
Pub. Date
c1996
Description
Deftly written and fiercely resilient, América's Dream explores the ever-shifting definition of what it means to be American and exemplifies the spirit of every immigrant who has dared to realize the American dream.
América Gonzalez is a hotel housekeeper on Vieques, an island off the coast of Puerto Rico, cleaning up after wealthy foreigners who don't look her in the eye. Her alcoholic mother resents her; her married boyfriend, Correa, beats her;...
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Formats
Description
Drawn to the exotic island of Puerto Rico by the diaries of an ancestor who traveled there with Ponce de León, Ana Cubillas becomes involved with enamored twin brothers Ramón and Inocente before convincing them to claim a sugar plantation they have inherited.
Author
Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 10
Description
La bella memoria de Santiago cuenta su ninez en el rural Puerto Rico y su adolesencia en la ciudad de Nueva York. (Santiago's artful memoir recounts her childhood in rural Puerto Rico and her teenage years in New York City.)
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
While preparing for Christmas in Puerto Rico, seven-year-old Esmeralda asks the Three Magi for a baby doll like her cousin's, but when they bring something else instead she gains a deeper understanding of the meaning of the holiday.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"A powerful novel of family, race, faith, sex, and disaster that moves between Puerto Rico and The Bronx, revealing the lives and loves of five women and the secret that binds them together. They refer to themselves as “las Madres,” a close-knit group of women who, with their daughters, have created a family based on friendship and blood ties.Their story begins in Puerto Rico in 1975, when fifteen-year-old Luz, the tallest in her dance academy...
12) Cuando era puertorriquena (When I was Puerto Rican): (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection)
Author
Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 10
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Description
La bella memoria de Santiago cuenta su ninez en el rural Puerto Rico y su adolesencia en la ciudad de Nueva York. (Santiago's artful memoir recounts her childhood in rural Puerto Rico and her teenage years in New York City.)
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