In Nueva York

Winner of the School Library Journal`s Best Book for Young Adults (1977) and the Notable Trade Book Award (1977). A collection of short, interlocking stories that depicts, vividly, sympathetically and with wry good humor, life in one of New York City`s Puerto Rican communities, a land where survival can`t be taken for granted . -- The New York Times Book Review These moving, interconnected stories -- which can almost be read as a loosely structured novel -- mix humor and pathos in depicting the lives of Puerto Rican-Americans on New York`s poverty stricken Lower East Side. Mohr`s characters are warm and believable, and she succeeds admirably in involving readers in what happens to them . -- School Library Journal Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.