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Some of my students have chosen this book for their final reports, but I am a bit ashamed it took me this long to get to it. What a lovely, funny, heartbreaking story.
On the one hand, there are many culturally-specific moments, and more than a few Spanish words in the text. This makes the book a wonderful introduction to Latino culture for those who aren't familiar (like my students here in Japan).
On the other hand, the story is universal. A young girl is growing up, has the usual sort of confli ...more
On the one hand, there are many culturally-specific moments, and more than a few Spanish words in the text. This makes the book a wonderful introduction to Latino culture for those who aren't familiar (like my students here in Japan).
On the other hand, the story is universal. A young girl is growing up, has the usual sort of confli ...more
Jun 23, 2010
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I felt that I should have liked this book more than I did. It is very short, and each chapter (vignette) is about one aspect of Esperanza's life in the Spanish quarter of Chicago. It clearly was a tough place to grow up, but this girl knew she was going to get herself out, to a house of her own "Nobody to shake a stick at. Nobody's garbage to pick up after. Only a house quiet as snow, a space for myself to go, clean as paper before the poem".
But just as the mysterious three sisters tell her, sh ...more
But just as the mysterious three sisters tell her, sh ...more
Beautiful and vivid language that paints an intricate story of resilience. One of the best book I have read about growing up being part of two different worlds.
I don't remember EVERYTHING in this book but remember I loved it when I read it. I think the spanglish in there was the snatcher.
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