false<![CDATA[Down to the Bone]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213110817m/1242745.jpg12427453<p> Here's what it means to be a tortillera: </p> <p> You're a girl who loves girls. </p> <p> </p> <p> Your wacko mom finds out. </p> <p> You're kicked to the curb, and your girlfriend is shipped off to Puerto Rico to marry a guy. </p> <p> But this is exotic Miami, and if you have a tight best friend and a loyal pup at your side, and if your broken heart is still full of love, you just might land on your feet. </p> <p> In a first novel as crazy, joyful, hilarious, and painful as your first love, Mayra Lazara Dole goes beyond the many meanings of tortillera to paint a vivid picture of a girl who gets kicked out of home only to find a new kind of family. </p>1231438book2008Down to the Bonetotal:123|5:46|4:30|3:35|2:10|1:2|1234772175759falsefalseMon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009Wed Oct 07 14:05:41 -0700 2009Thu Nov 19 04:31:38 -0800 2009
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50falsefalseThu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009Mon Feb 09 17:39:34 -0800 2009Mon Feb 09 17:44:01 -0800 2009 Written for young adults, this facepaced novel about a 17-year-old Cuban - American “tortillera” (the Cuban slang word for dyke) who gets caught in her Catholic school reading a love letter fr...more...]]>
40falsefalseSun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009Thu Oct 01 20:37:01 -0700 2009Thu Oct 01 20:38:22 -0700 2009 This book was interesting (to put it simply). There was a certain awkwardness to it, but it was still good. The writing was good and the narrator, Laura, was raw and talks from her heart, which is good, none of that mysteriou...more...]]>
51falsefalseFri Aug 08 08:51:26 -0700 2008Fri Aug 08 08:57:45 -0700 2008 Gay or straight, Down to the Bone is about what we all want and need – to...more...]]>
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tortillera, a girl who loves girls. Laura's expelled from school and her mom kicks her out. Then Marlena is shipped off to P...more...]]>
40falsefalseSun May 04 02:37:44 -0700 2008Sun May 04 02:38:01 -0700 2008 How mortified would you be if one of your teachers read one of your private notes or letters out loud in front of the class? Take that mortification times one hundred, and that's what happens to Laura Amores on the last day of class. Except this let...more...]]>
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