Voices in First Person: Reflections on Latino Identity - Hardcover

"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 contemporary voices from the Latino community. All the contributors are Latino, and a few, such as Gary Soto and Sandra Cisneros, should already be familiar to young adults. While there is quite a range of style and content in these vignettes, they all evince pride in a cultural heritage that celebrates faith and tradition, food and language, and the importance of family." -- Horn Book Magazine

Provides a collection of brief fictional pieces about the experiences of Latinos in the United States by such writers as Sandra Cisneros, Gary Soto, Oscar Hijuelos, Esmeralda Santiago, and others.