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Linda's from El Salvador and she wants an education, but that's not what her mother and boyfriend want.
They want her to get married and have babies. Of course she wants that too, but she dreams of knowing more about science and literature and lots of other things that are out there.
Sometimes it seems like the whole world is against her.
Will Linda be able to make it to college?
Second in The Latina Series -
Another Young Adult novel written about a Latina!
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How dare she! I was about to graduate from high school and here she comes. !Que Verguenza! I'd never been so embarrassed in my life. She was an Indian and since she was my mother, that meant. Oh no, I couldn't bear to think about it. She looked like a bubble gum machine on the blink. How would I get through this summer? It would certainly be my summer of dolores.
Then I saw her. I hoped it wasn’t my mother, but that’s who Aunt Beba was running toward. My feet refused to move. I stood there like an anchor caught on a rock.
She was barely five feet tall with braids hanging down past her waist. Her red and yellow striped blouse was stiff as if it were made out of burlap. Her skirt had many layers making it poof out from the waist into a bell. Her legs were uneven-colored looking like somebody had stained them with coffee and on her feet she wore black flip-flops. I looked again. They had little treads on the side. The sandals had been fashioned out o |
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The Cellar
by Christina Neely
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 The first night Thomas spent in his new house was eventful from the screaming and moaning to objects being banged together. There was only one explanation: The house was haunted. To make new friends Thomas will have to exorcise the ghost, but will he |
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