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Voices in First Person
Reflections on Latino Identity
By Carlson, Lori Marie
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-41690-635-3
- Publisher
- Atheneum
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2008
Gr 6-10 As in "Moccasin Thunder" (HarperCollins, 2005) and "Red Hot Salsa" (Holt, 2005), Carlson has drawn from both established and new writers, focusing on finding Latino voices that speak to contemporary readers. Collected here are poems and short stories whose subjects range from finding God in the clouds to a lust for eating chicken, from someone's fingers on the hole in your jeans in a crowded café to someone asking, once again, "So, where are you from?" This col...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2008
Published dramatic works for children and young adults are few and far between, but perhaps monologues are gradually emerging to fill that niche. While Laura Amy Schlitz introduced younger readers to voices from a medieval village in her recent Newbery Medal winner, Carlson, editor of the bilingual poetry anthology Cool Salsa (rev. 11/94), returns here with a superb collection of contemporar...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
Carlson presents a superb collection of short stories from contemporary Latino writers including Gary Soto and Sandra Cisneros. Theme...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
