| Description |
v, 70, v, 69 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Language |
In English and Spanish. |
| Note |
2 v. in 1. Bound inverted with separate covers and title pages. |
| Audience |
7-8. |
| Contents |
Sopresas -- Hugo -- Pasaje de ida -- ¡Qué frio! -- Nuestro apartmentito -- No más juegos -- ¿Como se dice eso? -- El almuerzo -- La ventanilla -- El médico está listo -- Piernas de horror -- Cara de pasta -- Maquillaje -- Aquí los maestros no mandan -- Quiquiriquí -- El Shelter -- El drama de María y José -- Medias apestosas -- Un chico sin hogar -- A los reyes no les gusta el frío -- No hay que repetir -- ¿Dónde queda Vineland? -- Las mudanzas -- Mi escape -- Ya no eres bilingüe -- El flirteo -- El chupetón -- Halloween -- ¡Qué empujón! -- De estudiante a maestra -- Cheerleader -- El club de baile Latino -- El locker -- ¿Por fin un novio? -- ¡Ay, qué novio! -- Una boda temprana -- El baila de octavo -- ¡Me subieron la falda! -- Tu amiga va a ser mamá -- La graduación de octavo -- No hay para fiesta de quince -- Para cerrar |
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-- Surprises -- Hugo -- One-way ticket -- Oh, the cold! -- Our little apartment -- No time for play -- How do you say...? -- Lunch time -- That little window -- The doctor is ready -- Monster legs -- Pasty face -- Make-up -- Teachers are not in charge here -- Cock-a-doodle-do -- The homeless shelter -- Curse words -- Stinky socks -- The homeless boy -- The Magi don't like the cold -- Don't get left back -- Where the heck is Vineland? -- On the move -- My escape -- You're not bilingual anymore -- The crush -- The hickey -- Halloween -- A push from behind -- From student to teacher -- The cheerleader -- The Latin dance club -- The locker -- Maybe a boyfriend? -- Some kind of boyfriend! -- A premature wedding -- The eighth-grade dance -- Skirts up! -- Baby momma -- Eighth-grade graduation -- No quinceañera -- In closing |
| Summary |
"In this warm and humorous collection of short vignettes, Ada de Jesús recalls her middle school years after her family is forced to leave Puerto Rico and settle in Chicago, where she learns English, makes new friends and discovers boys"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Jesús, Ada De.
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Puerto Rican middle school students -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Minority high school students -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Puerto Ricans -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Minority high school students. (OCoLC)fst01744508
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Puerto Rican middle school students. (OCoLC)fst01740960
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Puerto Ricans. (OCoLC)fst01083707
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Puerto Ricans -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Puerto Ricans -- Biography.
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Spanish language -- Reading materials.
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| Genre/Form |
Spanish language materials.
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Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Autobiographies.
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| Added Author |
Kanellos, Nicolás, translator.
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| Added Title |
Eighth-grade dance and other memories |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Jesús, Ada De, author. El baile de octavo y otros recuerdos = Houston, Texas : Piñata Books, 2019 9781518505829 (DLC) 2019017749 |
| ISBN |
9781558858855 alkaline paper |
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1558858857 alkaline paper |
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