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Parrot in the Oven - by  Victor Martinez (Paperback) - 1 of 1

Parrot in the Oven - by Victor Martinez (Paperback)

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  • Pura Belpre Award (Author) 1998 1st Winner
  • 240 Pages
  • Young Adult Fiction, Classics

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Winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, "Parrot in the Oven, " tells the story of a Mexican-American boy's coming of age in the face of poverty, abuse, and cultural discrimination. "A rare and consummately believable portrait of barrio life."--"Publisher's Weekly."



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Dad believed people were like money. You could be a thousand-dollar person or a hundred-dollar person -- even a ten-, five-, or one-dollar person. Below that, everybody was just nickels and dimes. To my dad, we were pennies.

Fourteen-year-old Manny Hernandez wants to be more than just a penny. He wants to be a vato firme, the kind of guy people respect. But that′s not easy when your father is abusive, your brother can′t hold a job, and your mother scrubs the house as if she can wash her troubles away.

In Manny′s neighborhood, the way to get respect is to be in a gang. But Manny′s not sure that joining a gang is the solution. Because, after all, it′s his life -- and he wants to be the one to decide what happens to it.



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"Martinez writes with clear insight into the Chicano culture. His narrative is poetic." - School Library Journal

"A rare and consummately believable portrait of barrio life." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)


Dimensions (Overall): 6.72 Inches (H) x 4.36 Inches (W) x .64 Inches (D)
Weight: .25 Pounds
Suggested Age: 13 Years
Number of Pages: 240
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Sub-Genre: Classics
Publisher: HarperCollins Espanol
Format: Paperback
Author: Victor Martinez
Language: English
Street Date: February 13, 1998
TCIN: 1001652852
UPC: 9780064471862
Item Number (DPCI): 247-09-9598
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.25 pounds
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