| Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Contributor(s): Diaz, Junot (Author) |
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ISBN: 1606868209 ISBN-13: 9781606868201 Publisher: Turtleback Books OUR PRICE: $26.61 Product Type: Prebound - Other Formats Published: September 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Cultural Heritage |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1010 |
| Physical Information: 1.14" H x 5.08" W x 8.17" (0.75 lbs) 335 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Latino - Catalog Heading - Language Arts - Curriculum Strand - Language Arts |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 122410 Reading Level: 6.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 16.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The most talked about?and praised?first novel of 2007, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd who?from the New Jersey home he shares with his old world mother and rebellious sister? dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, finding love. But Oscar may never get what he wants. Blame the fuk a curse that has haunted Oscar's family for generations, following them on their epic journey from Santo Domingo to the USA. Encapsulating Dominican-American history, "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao opens our eyes to an astonishing vision of the contemporary American experience and explores the endless human capacity to persevere?and risk it all?in the name of love. |