| If I Could Fly: With Characters from an Island Like You Contributor(s): Cofer, Judith Ortiz (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374335176 ISBN-13: 9780374335175 Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL OUR PRICE: $23.39 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - United States - Hispanic & Latino - Young Adult Fiction | Family - Parents - Young Adult Fiction | Lifestyles - City & Town Life |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2010022309 |
| Lexile Measure: 820 |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6.26" W x 8.66" (0.70 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Latino |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 144264 Reading Level: 5.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: If I Could Fly is a standalone novel based on characters introduced in Judith Ortiz Cofer's bestselling short story collection, An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio, which won the inaugural Pura Belpré Award. Fifteen-year-old Doris is used to taking care of herself. Her musician parents have always spent more time singing in nightclubs than watching after her. But when her ailing mother goes home to Puerto Rico to get well and pursue a singing career there, and her father finds a new girlfriend, Doris is more alone than she's ever been. Disconnected from her family and her best friends, who are intertwined in terrifying relationships with a violent classmate, Doris finds refuge in taking care of homing pigeons on her apartment building's roof. As Doris tries to make sense of it all, she learns that, just like the pigeons, she might have to fly far distances before she finds out where she belongs. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cofer, Judith Ortiz: - Judith Ortiz Cofer is a native of Puerto Rico. She is a poet, essayist, and novelist whose books for young readers include Call Me Maria: A Novel in Letters, Poems, and Prose. She is the Regents and Franklin Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Georgia. |