Yo!
(Book)
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Published:
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1997.
Physical Desc:
309 pages ; 19 cm.
Accelerated Reader:
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Points: 15
Lexile measure:
960L
Status:
Franklin
FICTION Alvarez, J.
Description
"Charming and funny . . . Mesmerizing . . . Wonderful." --USA Today Yolanda García--Yo, for short--is the literary one in the family. Her first published novel, in which uses as characters practically everyone she knows, was a big success. Now she's basking in the spotlight while those "characters" find their very recognizable selves dangling in that same blinding light. But turnabout is fair play, and so here, Yolanda García's family and friends tell the truth about Yo. Her three sisters, her Mami and Papi, her grandparents, tías, tíos, cousins, housemaids, her third husband: they take turns telling their side of the story, ripping into Yo and in the process creating their own endearing self-portraits. At once funny and poignant, intellectual and gossipy, lighthearted and layered, ¡Yo! is above all a portrait of the artist. And with its bright colors, passion, and penchant for controversy, it's a portrait that could come only from the palette of Julia Alvarez. Julia Alvarez left the Dominican Republic for the United States in 1960 at the age of ten. She is the author of six novels, three books of nonfiction, three collections of poetry, and eleven books for children and young adults. She has taught and mentored writers in schools and communities across America and, until her retirement in 2016, was a writer in residence at Middlebury College. Her work has garnered wide recognition, including a Latina Leader Award in Literature from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, the Hispanic Heritage Award in Literature, the Woman of the Year by Latina magazine, and inclusion in the New York Public Library's program "The Hand of the Poet: Original Manuscripts by 100 Masters, from John Donne to Julia Alvarez." In the Time of the Butterflies, with over one million copies in print, was selected by the National Endowment for the Arts for its national Big Read program, and in 2013 President Obama awarded Alvarez the National Medal of Arts in recognition of her extraordinary storytelling. "Exhilarating . . . Alvarez shows the depths of her talents." -Chicago Tribune "A triumph of imaginative virtuosity . . . An entrancing novel." -Publishers Weekly
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Format:
Book
Edition:
1st ed.
Language:
English
ISBN:
1565121570 :, 9781565121577 :
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 6.1, 15 Points
Level 6.1, 15 Points
Lexile measure:
960
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APA Citation (style guide)
Alvarez, J. (1997). Yo! Chapel Hill, N.C., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Alvarez, Julia. 1997. Yo! Chapel Hill, N.C., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Alvarez, Julia, Yo! Chapel Hill, N.C., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1997.
MLA Citation (style guide)Alvarez, Julia. Yo! Chapel Hill, N.C., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1997.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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