(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)Viola Canales
Author
Language
Español
Description
El Gusano de Tequila is the Spanish translation of the novel The Tequila Worm, winner of the Pura Belpré and PEN USA Awards. Sofía viene de una familia de cuentistas. Aquí están sus cuentos de cuando crecía en un barrio de McAllen, llenos de la magia de las tradiciones familiares: hacer cascarones de Pascua, celebrar el Día de los Muertos, preparar la quinceañera, disfrutar el nacimiento de Navidad, y curar la nostalgia comiendo el gusano de...
Author
Language
English
Description
Early in Canales' collection, the young narrator gives her beloved grandmother the perfect Christmas present; she gives her the gift of the world. Through her descriptions, we see that world as she sees it, through the eyes of a child that is slowly moving into adolescence. In this twilight world, the author offers a shimmering picture of a family confronted with the issues that divide lives and love.
In this collection of coming of age stories, Canales...
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Sofia grows up in the close-knit community of the barrio in McAllen, Texas, then finds that her experiences as a scholarship student at an Episcopal boarding school in Austin only strengthen her ties to family and her "comadres."