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"Fat Joe is a hip-hop legend, but this is not a tale of celebrity; it is the story of Joseph Cartagena, a kid who came of age in the South Bronx during its darkest years of drugs, violence, and abandonment, and how he navigated that traumatizing landscape until he found--through art, friendship, luck, and will--a rocky path to a different life. Joe was born into a sprawling Puerto Rican and Cuban family in the projects of the South Bronx. From infancy...
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2005.
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English
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On an island called Puerto Rico a boy named Roberto Clemente dreamed of nothing but winning at baseball. With no money -- but plenty of determination -- Clemente practiced on muddy fields with a glove made from a coffee sack. Little League became minor league, which turned into winter league...and, finally, he made it to the major leagues! With lightning speed, towering home runs, and grand slams, Clemente introduced himself to America. Spare, evocative...
13) Pura Belpré
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Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2024.
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Español
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Biography of New York City's first Puerto Rican librarian Pura Belpré.
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Pinãta Books, An imprint of Arte Pub́lico Press
Pub. Date
2019.
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Español
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"Eleven-year-old Ada De Jesuś was on the cusp of her teens when she moved to the United States from Puerto Rico. . . . In Chicago, the white dress she arrived in didn't protect her from the snow and frigid temperatures! Constantly exposed to new things, she developed a resilience that served her well. 'From one place to another, like riding a bike, if you keep pedaling, you won't fall.' Ada discovered that students in the United States were frequently...
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