dominican americans

A fiction collection of interconnected vignettes in which the four Garcia sisters, now adults, look back on their lives and the adjustments they had to make after their family was forced to flee the Dominican Republic and take up residence in the Bronx.

Story of Bianca D?az, a Dominican-American teenage mother in one of New York City's toughest neighborhoods, who struggles with the hopelessness of her situation and tries to make the best decisions for herself and her baby daughter.

Collection of ten stories focusing on the frustrations and joys of people living in poverty and uncertainty in places like the barrios of the Dominican Republic and urban communities of New Jersey.

Although initially embarrassed by his colorful Tia Lola when she comes to Vermont from the Dominican Republic to stay with his mother, his sister, and him after his parents' divorce, ten-year-old Miguel soon learns to love her.

Simple text and photos introduce baseball player Alex Rodriguez, covering his early life and his success with the New York Yankees. Presented in English and Spanish.

Although ten-year-old Miguel is at first embarrassed by his colorful aunt, Tia Lola, when she comes to Vermont from the Dominican Republic to stay with his mother, his sister, and him after his parents' divorce, he learns to love her.

Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd who, from the New Jersey home he shares with his old world mother and rebellious sister, dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, finding love. Common Core Grade 12.

Collection of ten stories focusing on the frustrations and joys of people living in poverty and uncertainty in places like the barrios of the Dominican Republic and urban communities of New Jersey.

Presents the life and baseball career of Sammy Sosa, who, along with Mark McGwire, in 1998 broke the long-standing record of most home runs hit in a season.

Clara Lugo, raised in a troubled Manhattan home after being abducted from the Dominican Republic by her father, brings order to her chaotic life by becoming a librarian, marrying a white man, and moving to the suburbs, but her attempts to create a peaceful home fail when her pregnant teenage niece comes to live with her, and Tito, a man with whom Clara shared a youthful romance, re-enters her life.