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AN Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio

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Imprint: Puffin Books (Dec 01, 1996)
Fiction, Paperback, 176 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780140380682

Description of AN Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio


A collection of stories captures the lives of different teenagers growing up in the barrio, including Rita, who goes to live with her grandparents in Puerto Rico; Luis, who spends his days working at his father’s junkyard; and Sandra, who tries to rediscover her natural Latino beauty. Reprint. PW. AB. SLJ.
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