| El Lector Contributor(s): Durbin, William (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 1561646784 ISBN-13: 9781561646784 Publisher: Pineapple Press OUR PRICE: $17.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Hispanic & Latino |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2013031305 |
| Lexile Measure: 770 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.09" W x 8.51" (0.55 lbs) 204 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Geographic Orientation - Florida - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Topical - Family |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 106052 Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Thirteen-year-old Bella wants to be a lector just like her grandfather, who sits on a special platform in the cigar factory, reading great novels, the newspaper, and union news to workers as they roll the cigars. Being a lector is an important role in their immigrant community. But the hard times of the Depression mean that Bella must go to work in the factory; her hope of getting the education a lector needs seems impossible. Meanwhile, the factory workers and owners clash. People lose jobs, innocent workers are arrested, and the Ku Klux Klan prowls the area. And then there are those amazing new radios showing up all over town. Could the radio take the place of the lector? Bella must decide her own future and help her people preserve their history. Bella's lively, warmhearted story captures the color and flavor of Ybor City as it explores an intriguing part of our American history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Durbin, William: - William Durbin was born in Minneapolis and lives on Lake Vermillion at the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota. He and his wife, Barbara, have two grown children. A former teacher, Mr. Durbin has published biographies of Tiger Woods and Arnold Palmer, as well as several books for young readers, including The Broken Blade, Wintering, Song of Sampo Lake, and Blackwater Ben. The Broken Blade won the Great Lakes Book Award for Children's Books and the Minnesota Book Award for Young Adult Fiction. |