| Cuba 15 Contributor(s): Osa, Nancy (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0756949173 ISBN-13: 9780756949174 Publisher: Perfection Learning OUR PRICE: $18.72 Product Type: Prebound - Other Formats Published: March 2005 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: The 2001 winner of the Delacorte Press Prize for a First Young Adult Novel tells the story of a girl who while preparing for her 15th year celebration--her "quince"--probes into her Cuban roots and unwittingly unleashes a hotbed of conflicted feelings about Cuba within her family. Young Adult. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Hispanic & Latino - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Adolescence & Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 750 |
| Series: Platinum Readers Circle (Center Point) |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5" W x 7.9" (0.70 lbs) 277 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Latino - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural - Geographic Orientation - Illinois - Locality - Chicago, Illinois - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 74753 Reading Level: 4.9 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Violet Paz has just turned 15, a pivotal birthday in the eyes of her Cuban grandmother. Fifteen is the age when a girl enters womanhood, traditionally celebrating the occasion with a quinceanero. But while Violet is half Cuban, she's also half Polish, and more importantly, she feels 100% American. Except for her zany family's passion for playing dominoes, smoking cigars, and dancing to Latin music, Violet knows little about Cuban culture, nada about quinces, and only tidbits about the history of Cuba. So when Violet begrudgingly accepts Abuela's plans for a quinceanero-and as she begins to ask questions about her Cuban roots-cultures and feelings collide. The mere mention of Cuba and Fidel Castro elicits her grandparents'sadness and her father's anger. Only Violet's aunt Luz remains open-minded. With so many divergent views, it's not easy to know what to believe. All Violet knows is that she's got to form her own opinions, even if this jolts her family into unwanted confrontations. After all, a quince girl is supposed to embrace responsibility-and to Violet that includes understanding the Cuban heritage that binds her to a homeland she's never seen. This is Nancy Osa's first novel. "From the Hardcover edition." |