How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay
by:
Julia Alvarez (author)
A delightfully entertaining story of family and culture from acclaimed author Julia Alvarez.Moving to Vermont after his parents split, Miguel has plenty to worry about! Tía Lola, his quirky, carismática, and maybe magical aunt makes his life even more unpredictable when she arrives from the...
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A delightfully entertaining story of family and culture from acclaimed author Julia Alvarez.Moving to Vermont after his parents split, Miguel has plenty to worry about! Tía Lola, his quirky, carismática, and maybe magical aunt makes his life even more unpredictable when she arrives from the Dominican Republic to help out his Mami. Like her stories for adults, Julia Alvarez’s first middle-grade book sparkles with magic as it illuminates a child’s experiences living in two cultures.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780440418702 (0440418704)
Publish date: August 13th 2002
Publisher: Yearling
Pages no: 147
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Middle Grade,
Family,
Spanish Literature,
Latin American,
Chapter Books
Read this for high school. I can't remember a lot of details other than it was hard for me to keep myself interested in the characters. It was long, tedious and a little bit boring.