How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Paperback Julia Alvarez - ACCEPTABLE

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Item Width: 5.9 in Item Height: 0.6 in Author: Julia Alvarez Topic: Coming of Age, Culture, Family Life, Languages, Language Skills, Love, School, Hispanic & Latino, General, Literary, Emigration, Immigration, Dominican Republic, Sex, Bigotry, Politics, Freedom, Privilege, Roman Catholicism Country/Region of Manufacture: United States Publication Year: 1992 Genre: Drama, Realistic Fiction, Comedy, Coming of Age Publisher: Plume Number of Pages: 304 Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults Format: Paperback Edition: Reprint Narrative Type: Fiction Language: English Type: Novel gtin13: 0452268060 Original Language: English Book Title: How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Item Weight: 0.4 lbs Era: 1990s Item Length: 9.8 in ISBN: 0452268060

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This book is the story of the 4 García sisters - Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and Sofía. The book is split into 3 parts, and those parts are arranged in reverse chronological order. The sisters are born in the Dominican Republic, but soon immigrate to the United States. There, they go to school, date, and experience many other aspects of life. What will their experiences teach them? And how much of their native culture will they retain?