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If I Could Fly - Couverture rigide

Cofer, Judith Ortiz

 
9780374335175: If I Could Fly
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0374335176 ISBN 13 : 9780374335175
Editeur : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr), 2011

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

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.

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Éditeur
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0374335176
ISBN 13 
9780374335175
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
208
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Buchpark GmbH
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