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    Once Upon a Quinceanera

    Coming of Age in the USA

    Author Julia Alvarez
    Read by Daphne Rubin-Vega
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    On sale Aug 02, 2007 | 9 Hours and 13 Minutes | 9781429586221
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
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    The bestselling author of How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, Julia Alvarez, examines the parties and preparations of the quincea–era.
    © Corey Hendrickson
    JULIA ALVAREZ left the Dominican Republic for the United States in 1960, at the age of ten. She is the author of numerous works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, including her beloved first novel, How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, and In the Time of the Butterflies, which was selected by the National Endowment for the Arts for its Big Read program. She was the subject of an American Masters documentary, Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined, on PBS and was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama. She lives in Vermont.

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    Praise for Once Upon a Quinceanera

    “Phenomenal...indispensable. Alvarez’s novelistic eye makes Once Upon a Quinceañera an intimate, intoxicating read.”—San Francisco Chronicle
     
    “A journey into experiencing a vital, exuberant ritual of modern Latino life...As an author, Alvarez is a terrific tour guide.”—The Seattle Times
     
    “[Alvarez] brings a critical eye to long-held myths...Each page is a love song to the cultural ties that bind generations of women from a diverse group of countries.”—Chicago Sun-Times
     
    “Fascinating, exhaustively researched.”—The Washington Post
     
    “Alvarez’s honest grappling with her caught-between-two-cultures experience is compelling.”—Entertainment Weekly

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    The bestselling author of How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, Julia Alvarez, examines the parties and preparations of the quincea–era.

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    © Corey Hendrickson
    JULIA ALVAREZ left the Dominican Republic for the United States in 1960, at the age of ten. She is the author of numerous works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, including her beloved first novel, How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, and In the Time of the Butterflies, which was selected by the National Endowment for the Arts for its Big Read program. She was the subject of an American Masters documentary, Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined, on PBS and was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama. She lives in Vermont.

    juliaalvarez.com
    Facebook: @authorjuliaalvarez
    Instagram: @writerjalvarez
    BlueSky: @writerjalvarez.bsky.social View titles by Julia Alvarez

    Praise

    Praise for Once Upon a Quinceanera

    “Phenomenal...indispensable. Alvarez’s novelistic eye makes Once Upon a Quinceañera an intimate, intoxicating read.”—San Francisco Chronicle
     
    “A journey into experiencing a vital, exuberant ritual of modern Latino life...As an author, Alvarez is a terrific tour guide.”—The Seattle Times
     
    “[Alvarez] brings a critical eye to long-held myths...Each page is a love song to the cultural ties that bind generations of women from a diverse group of countries.”—Chicago Sun-Times
     
    “Fascinating, exhaustively researched.”—The Washington Post
     
    “Alvarez’s honest grappling with her caught-between-two-cultures experience is compelling.”—Entertainment Weekly

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