The town I live in
By: Tita Rodriguez Parra ; edited by Margie Maestas-Flores
Publisher: Kool Kat Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [San Jose, CA]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780615385815
Subjects: Families; Juvenile fiction; Bildungsromans; Family life; Fiction; Coming of age; Peer pressure; Junevile fiction; Biography; American Autobiographical fiction
Description: "Tita experiences a lot of happy times in her young life and teenage years; hoewever, you will feel your heart beating rapidly when she reveals some bad choices that could have cost her her life more than once. She shares stories that will make you laugh and cry. More important, she reminds youngsters to resist peer pressure and pay attention to intuitive feeling that can dramatically change one's life. Today, Tita finds herself living a happy fulfilled life. She continues to live in San Jose, California."--Back cover.
Table of contents: title: The Town I Live In; title: The Worst TIme of Art's Life; title: Cooking for the Guys; title: A Birthday Surprise; title: Monster; title: Double Trouble; title: Aunt Connie; title: Intuition; title: Lovely Mother; title: Ruby Red Ring; title: The Flats; title: Living on the North Side; title: Young and Foolish; title: Spending the Night in the Elmwood Jail; title: Wilmington; title: Love on a Two-Way Street; title: Peer Pressure; title: Mt. Hamilton; title: Big Brother; title: Treasured Memories of Dad; title: Memories of Virgina Place.