Diana Lopez

Confetti Girl

Empfohlen 8 bis 12 Jahre. Sprache: Englisch.
kartoniert , 208 Seiten
ISBN 0316029564
EAN 9780316029568
Veröffentlicht Mai 2010
Verlag/Hersteller Little Brown and Company
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Beschreibung

An appealing coming-of-age novel set in a traditional Mexican-American town . . . Local idioms of Spanish proverbs--"dichos"--used as chapter headings enlighten both characters and readers.--"Kirkus Reviews."

Portrait

Diana López is the author of the novels Choke and Confetti Girl, which won the 2012 William Allen White Award. She is the editor of the journalHuizache and the managing director of CentroVictoria, an organization devoted to promoting Mexican American literature. She lives in South Texas and teaches at the University of Houston-Victoria. You can visit her website at ww.dianalopezbooks.com.

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'Employing lovely metaphors and realistic dialogue, adult author Lopez delicately displays the power of optimism and innovation during difficult times' Publishers Weekly