A collection of stories captures the lives of different teenagers growing up in the barrio, including Rita, who goes to live with her grandparents in Puerto Rico; Luis, who spends his days working at his father’s junkyard; and Sandra, who tries to rediscover her natural Latino beauty.
- ISBN: 9780140380682
- Author: Cofer, Judith Ortiz
- Published: 1996 , Puffin
- Themes: beauty, Grandparents, growing up
- Descriptors: Caribbean, Puerto Rico, Realistic Fiction, Short Stories - Anthologies - Collections, United States, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
- No. of pages: 176