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If I Could Fly: With Characters from an Island Like You
Contributor(s): Cofer, Judith Ortiz (Author)

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ISBN: 0374335176     ISBN-13: 9780374335175
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
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Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: May 2011
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - United States - Hispanic & Latino
- Young Adult Fiction | Family - Parents
- Young Adult Fiction | Lifestyles - City & Town Life
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2010022309
Age Level: 12-17
Grade Level: 7-12
Lexile Measure: 820(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6.26" W x 8.66" L (0.70 lbs) 208 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Latino
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2011
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2011 pg. 84
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2011
Booklist 05/15/2011 pg. 46
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2011 - Recommended - Better Than Most
School Library Journal 06/01/2011 pg. 112
Kirkus Best Young-Adult Books 12/01/2011 pg. 2223
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 144264
Reading Level: 5.3   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 7.0
 
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Publisher Description:

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.


Contributor Bio(s): Cofer, Judith Ortiz: - 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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